Exposure to environmental heat · Heat exhaustion, prostration
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Advantage Resourcing, 5005 Elder Lake Rd. , KILGORE, TEXAS 75662
on — Heat exhaustion, prostration, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was overcome by heat exhaustion while stacking pails, requiring hospitalization.
An employee was lowering a cable tray into the basement at the worksite when his left hand was caught in the rope, amputating his long and ring fingertips.
An employee was grinding the joint of a pipe when another joint of pipe rolled and struck the employee on the right side of the head, fracturing the skull.
An employee suffered a partial amputation of the right index finger while performing work on the ACW Machine after another employee reconnected a pneumatic line to the machine. The pneumatic ram shot forward and caught the employee's finger in a pinch point.
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 561311)
A temporary employee fell from an A-frame ladder to the floor about 5 to 6 feet below. He suffered fractures to his left hip and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
A temporary employee was operating an electric pallet jack at a loading dock. While maneuvering the pallet jack into a trailer, the equipment loaded onto the pallet jack began shifting to the left. The employee's left foot was caught between a yellow guardrail and the side platform of the pallet jack, and his left ankle was crushed and fractured.
A temporary employee was cleaning a room and compressing the contents of a garbage bin using her right foot. As she pulled her leg out of the bin, she lost balance and fell to the ground, landing on her left hip. The employee sustained a fracture to her left hip and was hospitalized.
A temporary employee was filling a sweeper with gas at a construction site. He was shocked by the jumper cables, which caused him to move his right hand into the sweeper's rotating fan blades. His middle fingertip was amputated.
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.