Exposure to environmental heat · Effects of heat and light, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Black Belt Community Foundation, GP Austin High School - Head Start building, LINDEN, ALABAMA 36748
on — Effects of heat and light, unspecified, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was helping to load food boxes onto a school bus when he became overheated. He was hospitalized.
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 813211)
An employee was cutting wood on a table saw for the fabrication of a drawer and sustained an amputation of the tip of the left thumb without bone loss.
An employee was unloading wood piling from a light-duty trailer. The piling rolled off the side of the trailer and pinned the employee against the ground. The employee sustained a fractured tibia that required surgery.
An employee was pushing a rolling gate door open when he suffered a back injury: nine compression-fractured vertebrae and one compound-fractured vertebra with internal bleeding.
An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.
An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.