Exposure to environmental heat · Effects of heat and light, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Amsted Digital Solutions, 26790 Hwy. 405, PLAQUEMINE, LOUISIANA 70764
on — Effects of heat and light, unspecified, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was installing equipment on a rail car. The employee developed heat-related illness and 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.
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An employee was using a forklift to move empty plastic totes that were stacked three levels high. As the employee was driving the forklift toward the bottom pallet, the totes were pushed against the middle bar of the material rack. This caused the plastic totes to fall onto the overhead guard of the forklift where the employee's hand was resting. The employee sustained a right middle finger fracture.
An employee was walking down the stairs in a client's apartment when he slipped and fell down the stairs. The employee sustained three fractured vertebrae and bruised ribs.
A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.
A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.
A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.
An employee was walking on a sidewalk and stubbed his toe on an elevated portion of concrete, causing him to trip and fall. The employee's right knee was dislocated.