Exposure to environmental heat · Heat exhaustion, prostration
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Evoqua Water Technologies, LLC, 1202 LA-509, MANSFIELD, LOUISIANA 71052
on — Heat exhaustion, prostration, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
While treating water in an aboveground tank, an employee became ill from heat exhaustion and was hospitalized.
HospitalizedBODY SYSTEMSHeat-environmental
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