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UPS

Exposure to environmental heat — Effects of heat and light, unspecified — LUFKIN, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at UPS in LUFKIN, TEXAS
Employer UPS Report ID 2022076258
Address 2805 S. 1st Street City, State ZIP LUFKIN, TEXAS 75901
Event Date July 18, 2022 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Effects of heat and light, unspecified Body Part BODY SYSTEMS
Event Type Exposure to environmental heat Source of Injury Heat-environmental
Industry (NAICS) 541860 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 31.29000, -94.72000

Incident Narrative

An employee had been delivering packages and started feeling ill. The employee was hospitalized with heat-related illness.

Incident Summary

On July 18, 2022, a worker at UPS in LUFKIN, TEXAS suffered effects of heat and light, unspecified 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

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