Incident date: 2023-07-11
NAICS industry code: 324121

An employee was using a crack cleaning machine equipped with a wire brush to remove grass and debris from cracks in the roadway. The employee was hospitalized for heat exhaustion after experiencing muscle cramps.

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