Incident date: 2024-09-13
NAICS industry code: 237310

A highway construction employee began to feel ill while laying down new lane dividing tabs on a newly paved highway. The employee was hospitalized for heat illness including low sodium levels leading to fatigue, numbness, nausea and confusion.

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