Exposure to environmental heat outdoor · Heat stroke, syncope
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CSC ServiceWorks, Roadway Near 1201 W 38th Street, AUSTIN, TEXAS 78705
on — Heat stroke, syncope, affecting the BODY SYSTEMS .
Final narrative
A delivery driver was hospitalized for heat stroke.
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 lubricating the towel folder and got his right hand caught between the chain and sprocket resulting in a laceration that required surgery.
An employee was cleaning around a folding machine and lost his balance. As he went to catch himself he grabbed the safety bar. His hand slipped and went into the roller on the machine and was crushed.
An employee was on a loading dock looking for his cart. He had one foot on the dock plate and the other foot on a truck when the truck pulled away. He then fell, injuring his knee and requiring hospitalization and surgery.
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.