Exposure to environmental heat indoor · Effects of heat unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Dollar Tree, 5997 Mer Rouge Rd, BASTROP, LOUISIANA 71220
on — Effects of heat unspecified, affecting the BODY SYSTEMS .
Final narrative
On 4/28/2025, an employee was working in the store and felt hot and dizzy due to heat exposure. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was on a step ladder in a store aisle, making room on shelving for merchandise. She fell from the step ladder to the floor, suffering two fractures in her left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
At 7:40 a.m. on March 11, 2025, a Dollar Tree employee was waiting for a truck in the well of a dock. The truck backed up, and its trailer struck her and pinned her leg against the wall. Her leg was broken and she was hospitalized.
An employee was stocking shelves with product that was being removed from boxes. As the employee walked down the aisle, she attempted to step into a space between a step ladder and an open/empty box. The employee's foot hit the step ladder which in turn caused her foot to enter the empty box. The employee attempted to lift her foot out of the box and her forward momentum caused her to trip and fall to the ground. The employee sustained fractured vertebrae and was hospitalized.
An employee was cleaning and putting away merchandise when she tripped over a box and fell to the floor, striking a power panel. She sustained a cut above her right eye and an injury to her right shoulder.
An employee was working on the grill when they began to feel ill. The employee was hospitalized to treat heat-related illness. The air conditioning was not working at the location.
An employee had been working in a fabrication area conducting preassembly of solar modules. The employee was hospitalized for heat-related illness, rhabdomyolysis, and renal failure.
An employee was working in the baking chambers of the tire retread center for 5.5-6 hours in approximately 100-degree heat. He developed severe pain and full body cramping. The employee was hospitalized with severe dehydration and heat exhaustion resulting in back pain and a kidney injury.
On August 8, 2025, an employee developed muscle cramps and dizziness. Later, while working on a plant floor, he developed full-body cramps. He was hospitalized, suffering from head exhaustion.
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