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Arkansas Glass Container Corporation

Exposure to environmental heat — Heat exhaustion, prostration — JONESBORO, ARKANSAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Arkansas Glass Container Corporation in JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
Employer Arkansas Glass Container Corporation Report ID 2020076709
Address 516 W Johnson Ave City, State ZIP JONESBORO, ARKANSAS 72401
Event Date July 17, 2020 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Heat exhaustion, prostration Body Part BODY SYSTEMS
Event Type Exposure to environmental heat Source of Injury Heat-environmental
Industry (NAICS) 327213 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 35.84000, -90.70000

Incident Narrative

An employee was supervising a shift starting at 5:30 PM and was also assisting in running the glass machines. Around 2:30 AM, the employee began to cramp up and went home. He was later hospitalized with heat exhaustion.

Incident Summary

On July 17, 2020, a worker at Arkansas Glass Container Corporation in JONESBORO, ARKANSAS suffered heat exhaustion, prostration to the body systems. The incident was classified as exposure to environmental heat, with heat-environmental identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 2,196 severe injury reports involving "Exposure to environmental heat" incidents in our database. Browse all Exposure to environmental heat injuries.

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