Exposure to environmental heat · Effects of heat and light, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Georgia Pacific Wood Products, LLC, 1400 Woodcraft Rd, MADISON, GEORGIA 30650
on — Effects of heat and light, unspecified, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee began to feel cramping during a work break, then felt ill and was hospitalized, suffering from acute kidney failure and heat-related muscle injury.
HospitalizedBODY SYSTEMSHeat-environmental
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