Incident date: 2019-06-24
NAICS industry code: 541618

An employee (an assistant utility operator)was  removing ash build-up and cleaning at the Metals Recovery Systems (MRS) building in high ambient temperatures. The MRS building houses an incinerator and it is made completely of metal materials. The employee experienced heat exhaustion and was hospitalized for severe dehydration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure to environmental heat
code_source: title: Heat-environmental
code_nature: title: Multiple effects of heat and light
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate