Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at AMG Technology Investment Group, LLC, OK-CALERA-WE-1, CALERA, OKLAHOMA 74730
on — Heat syncope, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was at a site where a communications tower was being installed. The employee was tying rebar when he became ill and then fainted due to a heat-related illness.
HospitalizedBODY SYSTEMSHeat-environmental
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