Report: Exposure to environmental heat at Sodexo, INC in New Orleans, Louisiana

An employee had been cutting grass on a tractor. The employee was found laying on the break room floor. He was shaking, feeling ill, and could not get up on his own. He was hospitalized with possible dehydration, a heart attack, or heat stroke.

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Report: Exposure to environmental heat at Liberty Steel Placers in Pryor, Oklahoma

An employee suffered heat-related illness (vomiting, dehydration, kidney function issue) while hanging steel. The employee was hospitalized.

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Report: Exposure to environmental heat at U.S. Postal Service in Murray, Kentucky

An employee was delivering mail and started feeling bad due to heat exhaustion and dehydration. He was hospitalized.

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Report: Exposure to environmental heat at U.S. Postal Service in Shively, Kentucky

An employee was delivering mail when he started experiencing stomach cramps and nausea. He was hospitalized due to heat exhaustion and dehydration.

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Report: Exposure to environmental heat at U.S. Postal Service in Owensboro, Kentucky

An employee was delivering mail when he began feeling sick. He was hospitalized that evening, suffering from heat exhaustion and dehydration.

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Report: Exposure to environmental heat at Waste Management in Kingwood, Texas

A garbage collection crew was on its way to a landfill when one of the employees became ill with cramps and started sweating. The employee was hospitalized due to heat stress and dehydration.

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Report: Exposure to environmental heat at Longhorn Glass Manufacturing, L.P. in Houston, Texas

On 6/15/2019, an employee was observing glass-making machines, removing jammed bottles, performing housekeeping, and lubricating equipment when he began feeling weak and dizzy from heat stress. He was hospitalized with dehydration and acute kidney failure.

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Report: Exposure to environmental heat at Jaime Ybarra in Donna, Texas

An employee had just finished harvesting honeydew melons and was riding a trailer to the parking lot. He fainted and fell backwards injuring his head. He was hospitalized with a laceration to his head and for possible heat exhaustion/stroke.

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Report: Exposure to environmental heat at Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection in Hebbronville, Texas

While tracking people through ranchland, an employee suffered heat stress, dehydration, and cramping.

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Report: Exposure to environmental heat at AEP in Palacios, Texas

An employee felt sick (suffering from heat stress and dehydration/malnutrition) at the end of the work day.

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