Incident date: 2024-06-29
NAICS industry code: 561720

A vacuum truck operator was loading six pieces of aluminum pipe and three rolls of plastic flex hose onto a trailer when he started feeling overheated. The employee became ill due to heat exhaustion/dehydration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure to environmental heat  outdoor
code_source: title: Heat environmental
code_nature: title: Heat exhaustion, fatigue
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate