Exposure to environmental heat · Effects of heat and light, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at O-I Glass, Inc., 5200 Beverly Drive, WACO, TEXAS 76707
on — Effects of heat and light, n.e.c., affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
Employees were cutting away a forming machine's conveyer belt and replacing it with a new belt. One of the employees developed dehydration and heat-related symptoms. He was hospitalized after his shift, having a suffered a kidney injury.
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