BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS—
Crop Production Services, Inc.
Exposure to environmental heat · Heat exhaustion, prostration
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Crop Production Services, Inc., 2302 E County Rd 230, BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS 72315 on — Heat exhaustion, prostration, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee had been outside in hot temperatures for approximately three hours standing on the ground watching bags of feed being loaded into a hopper bottom truck. The employee began feeling ill so he went and sat down for a while. When he stood up he seemed to be confused. He was admitted overnight for heat exhaustion.
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