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MasterScapes Lawn Care and Landscaping

Exposure to environmental heat — Heat stroke — ABILENE, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at MasterScapes Lawn Care and Landscaping in ABILENE, TEXAS
Employer MasterScapes Lawn Care and Landscaping Report ID 2022054118
Address 330 Bacacita Farms Road City, State ZIP ABILENE, TEXAS 79602
Event Date May 11, 2022 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Heat stroke Body Part BODY SYSTEMS
Event Type Exposure to environmental heat Source of Injury Heat-environmental
Industry (NAICS) 561730 Inspection # 1595840
GPS Coordinates 32.34000, -99.72000

Incident Narrative

An employee was mowing a residential yard and began to feel unwell. The employee became unresponsive about 10 minutes later and was hospitalized for heat stroke.

Incident Summary

On May 11, 2022, a worker at MasterScapes Lawn Care and Landscaping in ABILENE, TEXAS suffered heat stroke 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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