Incident date: 2015-06-05
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was responding to an emergency medical call for a near drowning. The employee had to carry equipment about 1/4 mile through tall grass to get to the location. The employee had performed emergency medical treatment and then experienced lightheadedness and shortness of breath. The employee was treated in the emergency room and admitted for observation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion in holding, carrying, or wielding-single episode
code_source: title: Luggage, handbags, unspecified
code_nature: title: Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate