Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 141496.015 - Employee suffers heat illness while delivering packages

Accident Summary Nr: 141496.015 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 06/15/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1536935.015	06/17/2021		492110	United Parcel Service, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 5:30 p.m. on June 15, 2021, an employee worked as a delivery driver. The employee was making deliveries in his non-air-conditioned delivery truck during a heat wave. He had returned from a 7 week's leave one day before the incident. He began experiencing symptoms of heat illness in the afternoon. He drove himself to the nearest hospital emergency room. He was subsequently hospitalized for non-traumatic kidney injury.

Keywords: Heat, Heat index, Heat-related illness , Kidney, Package Delivery

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1536935.015	34	M	Hospitalized injury

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