ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA—
Plantique, Inc
Exposure to environmental heat · Heat exhaustion, prostration
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Plantique, Inc, 6344 Schantz Rd., ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 18104 on — Heat exhaustion, prostration, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
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Final narrative
An employee who had been using a weed wacker suffered heat exhaustion and was hospitalized.
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