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Cross Telephone Company

Exposure to environmental heat — Multiple effects of heat and light — VIAN, Oklahoma

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Cross Telephone Company in VIAN, Oklahoma
Employer Cross Telephone Company
Address Carlisle Rd
City, State ZIP VIAN, Oklahoma 74962
Report ID 2023076506
Event Date July 20, 2023
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Multiple effects of heat and light
Body Part BODY SYSTEMS
Event Type Exposure to environmental heat
Source of Injury Heat-environmental
Industry (NAICS) 517311
Inspection # 1685570
GPS Coordinates 35.49000, -94.96000

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Incident Narrative

An employee was testing and verifying a telephone cable route on the side of the road, walking from pedestal to pedestal looking for problems. The employee suffered heat stroke/heat exhaustion due to high heat idex.

Incident Summary

On July 20, 2023, a worker at Cross Telephone Company in VIAN, Oklahoma suffered multiple effects of heat and light 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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