While exertional heat illnesses (EHI) are not always a life-threatening condition, exertional heat stroke (EHS) can lead to fatality if not recognized and treated properly.
Ford Motor Company is a global automotive and mobility company based in Dearborn, Michigan. With about 201,000 employees and 62 plants worldwide, the companyâs core business includes designing, manufacturing, marketing and servicing a full line of Ford cars, trucks and SUVs, as well as Lincoln luxury vehicles.
Ford created a subsidiary, Automotive Components Holdings LLC, for the plants and for six non-manufacturing facilities that it also took back. Since then, two ACH plants, one in Ypsilanti Township, MI, and one in Sterling Heights, MI, have been transferred from ACH to Ford. A plant in Chesterfield Township, MI, closed in June, while plants near Kansas City, MO, and in Ypsilanti, MI, are also scheduled to shut their doors â the first in December and the second after fall 2007.