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UPS Customer Center

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

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at UPS Customer Center in HOUSTON, TEXAS
Employer UPS Customer Center Report ID 2023064844
Address 11802 N Gessner Rd City, State ZIP HOUSTON, TEXAS 77064
Event Date June 1, 2023 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) 492110 Inspection # 1677031
GPS Coordinates 29.94000, -95.54000

Incident Narrative

An employee was driving their assigned route in a package delivery truck when he began feeling ill and sweating. The employee was hospitalized for heat illness.

Incident Summary

On June 1, 2023, a worker at UPS Customer Center in HOUSTON, 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

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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