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Waste Management of Nebraska

Exposure to environmental heat — Effects of heat and light, unspecified — BENNINGTON, NEBRASKA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Waste Management of Nebraska in BENNINGTON, NEBRASKA
Employer Waste Management of Nebraska Report ID 2023076761
Address 13505 N 216th Street City, State ZIP BENNINGTON, NEBRASKA 68007
Event Date July 26, 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) 562111 Inspection # 1687359
GPS Coordinates 41.38000, -96.24000

Incident Narrative

An employee was collecting wind blown trash along a fence line at a landfill when they collapsed due to a heat illness.

Incident Summary

On July 26, 2023, a worker at Waste Management of Nebraska in BENNINGTON, NEBRASKA 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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