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UPS employee falls ill due to extreme heat
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<blockquote data-quote="HULKAMANIA" data-source="post: 869877" data-attributes="member: 36802"><p>I suffered heat exhaustion this year. I never thought it was a big deal until it happened to me. Some people can say its all about hydration while that may be true mine happened after a pick up. I had over 140 stops this day and over 30 pick ups. This one particular pick up had mass quantity of over 70's and the majority of their product weighs in at 30 lbs. I loaded over 150 this day truck was full top top to bottom front to back. Over the course of the day I had drank over 2 gallons of water, but after this pick up I felt horrible. I called the on car sup and was TOLD TO KEEP GOING!!! As long as I can?!?!?!?!? Then what was the purpose of calling???? So all the people that say that UPS backs up what the preach about safety I really dont know where they are coming from on that. He finally called me 30 minutes later asking where I was, at this point I was cramping to the point of not being able to walk, clutch the truck or anything for that matter. The second he showed up I threw up 8 times right infront of him. Was taking me to the ER ever mentioned? No it wasnt! Heat has NEVER bothered me before, when it happens it happens faster than you might think. I read earlier someone saying that a guy said he was delusional, that sympton is very true, it even affects your vision. Needless to say that was the worst night and most painful night of my life. All I can say is its pretty sad when supervisors should be trained on the dangers of heat exhaustion as much or more than we are. The moment they are NEEDED to do something like TAKE SOMEONE to the ER they act as if they have no knowledge of how bad a situation is, and to me thats unacceptable. Pretty sad the numbers at the end of the day are more important than someones health, and well being. Just my 2 cents.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HULKAMANIA, post: 869877, member: 36802"] I suffered heat exhaustion this year. I never thought it was a big deal until it happened to me. Some people can say its all about hydration while that may be true mine happened after a pick up. I had over 140 stops this day and over 30 pick ups. This one particular pick up had mass quantity of over 70's and the majority of their product weighs in at 30 lbs. I loaded over 150 this day truck was full top top to bottom front to back. Over the course of the day I had drank over 2 gallons of water, but after this pick up I felt horrible. I called the on car sup and was TOLD TO KEEP GOING!!! As long as I can?!?!?!?!? Then what was the purpose of calling???? So all the people that say that UPS backs up what the preach about safety I really dont know where they are coming from on that. He finally called me 30 minutes later asking where I was, at this point I was cramping to the point of not being able to walk, clutch the truck or anything for that matter. The second he showed up I threw up 8 times right infront of him. Was taking me to the ER ever mentioned? No it wasnt! Heat has NEVER bothered me before, when it happens it happens faster than you might think. I read earlier someone saying that a guy said he was delusional, that sympton is very true, it even affects your vision. Needless to say that was the worst night and most painful night of my life. All I can say is its pretty sad when supervisors should be trained on the dangers of heat exhaustion as much or more than we are. The moment they are NEEDED to do something like TAKE SOMEONE to the ER they act as if they have no knowledge of how bad a situation is, and to me thats unacceptable. Pretty sad the numbers at the end of the day are more important than someones health, and well being. Just my 2 cents. [/QUOTE]
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