Exposure to environmental heat · Effects of heat and light, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Taylor Smith Consulting LLC, 1903 Afton Street , HOUSTON, TEXAS 77055
on — Effects of heat and light, n.e.c., affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was returning from a garbage-collecting route when he experienced dehydration and was hospitalized for heat stress.
HospitalizedBODY SYSTEMSHeat-environmental
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