Incident date: 2015-04-09
NAICS industry code: 561730

The injured employee had been performing landscaping services at a cemetery the day of the injury (6:00am - 3:3pm).  Throughout the day, he was complaining of leg cramps.  After returning to the yard, the employee was leaving (walking) the yard and collapsed.  A passer by came to his attention and the employee asked for them to call 911.  Emergency medical services responded and brought the employee to the hospital.

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