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UPS Customer Center

Exposure to environmental heat — Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. — NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at UPS Customer Center in NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE
Employer UPS Customer Center Report ID 2022086819
Address 721 Hamburg Road City, State ZIP NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE 19720
Event Date August 3, 2022 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. Body Part BODY SYSTEMS
Event Type Exposure to environmental heat Source of Injury Heat-environmental
Industry (NAICS) 561431 Inspection # 1612498
GPS Coordinates 39.61000, -75.63000

Incident Narrative

An employee had been delivering packages and was overcome by heat. The employee was hospitalized for dehydration.

Incident Summary

On August 3, 2022, a worker at UPS Customer Center in NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE suffered effects of heat and light, n.e.c. 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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