Exposure to environmental heat · Effects of heat and light, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Osmose Utilities Services, Inc., last work location at 1023 Conoco Rd., WILSON, OKLAHOMA 73463
on — Effects of heat and light, unspecified, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee and his crew were performing safety inspections on utility poles at a work site. Toward the end of the workday, at 3:00 p.m., the employee began to experience muscle cramps. The employee took a shaded break and hydrated but was unable to keep fluids down. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedBODY SYSTEMSHeat-environmental
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