Exposure to environmental heat · Heat exhaustion, prostration
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ATT, 6138 Valkeith Dr., HOUSTON, TEXAS 77096
on — Heat exhaustion, prostration, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was installing a satellite dish on the roof of a customer's house when he began to experience cramping. He was hospitalized with heat exhaustion.
An employee was climbing a pole. The employee fell off the pole, landing on the ground and suffering a broken leg. The incident occurred during a training activity.
An employee was working at a residential home. While ascending a ladder outside, the employee fell around 9 feet to the ground, requiring hospitalization for a possible rib injury and a collapsed lung.
An employee was working on a generator with a grinder, cutting off the end of the exhaust pipe, when the grinder flew back and hit the right side of his face. He sustained a cut.
An employee was performing finishing work on a residential driveway when they began to experience body cramps and were hospitalized for heat stress and dehydration.
An agent was participating in SWAT team selection and was performing various physical fitness skills including running and exercise intervals. The agent experienced dehydration and a muscular injury that required hospitalization.
On September 26, 2023, an employee was delivering packages when he began to feel ill with a pain in his side. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion and dehydration.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 517911)
On June 16, 2025, at 4:30 p.m., an employee was ascending an 8-foot A-frame ladder to look inside an attic opening of a customer's garage. The employee was three rungs from the top when he fell 5 feet to the ground, resulting in a displaced fracture of his femur in the back of his knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was about to install a cable at a residential site. While setting up a ladder, he stepped back on an uneven street surface and hyperextended his knee. He dislocated his knee and tore his patellar tendon.
An employee was descending a ladder when it shifted, slid, and twisted. The employee fell about 12 feet to the ground and broke his left hip. He was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee lost his balance when the extension ladder he was on shifted and he fell approximately 15 feet to the ground, resulting in fractures to his elbow and hip.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.