Incident date: 2015-09-10
NAICS industry code: 924120

On Sunday, September 6, 2015, a forestry technician (hot shot) had physical training.  After the training, the hot shot felt more tired than usual for a few days.  On September 9, 2015, the hot shot had his left knee examined for a previous injury.  During the exam, the physician noticed swelling in the arms and recommended blood work. The blood work indicated a muscle injury due to physical training in hot conditions and the hot shot was admitted to the hospital for treatment in the morning on September 10, 2015.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure to environmental heat
code_source: title: Heat-environmental
code_nature: title: Effects of heat and light, n.e.c.
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate