WESLACO, TEXAS · 2017-08-31
Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection
Exposure to environmental heat · Multiple effects of heat and light
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Final narrative
An employee experienced heat stress and dehydration while on patrol for drug smuggling activities.
Hospitalized
BODY SYSTEMS
Heat-environmental
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Record
OSHA ID 2017088356
Date 2017-08-31
Location Zone 13 (The Jungle), WESLACO, TEXAS 78596
NAICS 928110
Injury Multiple effects of heat and light
Body part BODY SYSTEMS
Event Exposure to environmental heat
Source Heat-environmental