Exposure to environmental heat outdoor · Heat exhaustion, fatigue
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at FPR-II LLC, 6100 Eliott Reeder Rd, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76117
on — Heat exhaustion, fatigue, affecting the BODY SYSTEMS .
Final narrative
On June 25, 2025, at approximately 12:00 p.m., an employee working on a garbage truck route began to experience cramping. Around 3:30 p.m., the employee's legs cramped as he got off the truck, and he was hospitalized due to heat stress and dehydration.
An employee was cleaning a conveyor belt on the second level and fell through an opening in the floor (trash/material chute) while backing up. The employee sustained fractures to their right leg, both ankles, and pelvis and they were hospitalized.
On October 7, 2025, employee was installing mulch with a landscape crew. At around 2:15 PM, the employee took a break and started to feel cramping/pain. The employee was taken to the hospital with rhabdomyolysis due to heat exhaustion.
A temporary employee was on top of a cane wagon, throwing cane down to the ground (i.e., planting). He reached the end of the field row and started to feel ill. He experienced cramping and headaches due to heat exhaustion.
An employee was loading a trailer of automotive parts when the load caught the top of the trailer. He jumped up to clear a wedged item. When the item came down, the load collapsed onto the employee, resulting in a fractured pelvis.
A temporary employee was checking pallets on a pallet jack when the pallet jack moved forward. His left foot was caught between a pallet and the forks of the pallet jack and fractured.
A temporary employee was cleaning plastic welding irons and cutting them using a table saw. The saw blade contacted his left middle and ring fingers, resulting in a partial amputation of his left ring finger and an avulsion to his left middle finger.
An employee was peeling a watermelon when the knife slipped from his hand. He grabbed it and suffered a laceration on his right index fingertip, resulting in an amputation.
An employee was performing snow removal and salting walkways. He exited the work van to place a bucket of salt in the rear of the van. There was ice on the ground underneath the snow. He went to step forward and slipped and fell on the ice, striking his leg on a wooden pole behind him. The employee was hospitalized with a broken femur.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.