Heat illness ranges from the uncomfortable heat rash to the potentially fatal heat stroke. Keep cool, drink water often???. and try this word search.
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A 19-year-old immigrant from Mexico died from heat stress on the job in Fort Worth, TX, where he reportedly never saw a paycheck.
The victim, a 22-year-old male firefighter recruit collapsed while running at the end of a training day.
Joe had been working in the North Carolina tobacco field for just over a week. The first few days on the farm were hot and humid, with welcome breaks of rain. But on this day, there was no rain. The thermometer had already climbed to 95F when Joe stopped for his soda and cracker break at 10 a.m. By the time the temperature reached between 100F and 108F at 3 p.m., Joe complained to the crew leader that he wasn?t feeling well. The crew leader gave Joe a drink of water and drove him back to the workers? housing, where he left Joe to rest for a while. Forty-five minutes later, Joe was found on the steps of the house. He was unconscious. Emergency medical services were called and Joe was transported to the hospital, where his core body temperature was recorded at 108F. But Joe didn?t respond to the medical personnel?s attempts to cool him. His death was attributed to heat stroke.
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A worker died of injuries received in an explosion when hot material from a cutting torch ignited a can of solvent. The incident occurred in a metal products plant which was temporarily out of operation.
A small woodland fire was the scene of a workplace fatality when one firefighter died of heat stroke. The young man was one of two affected by heat stroke that day. Two others were affected
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