| Inspection Information - Office: Pittsburgh |
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| Nr: 314109109 | Report ID:0317500 | Open Date: 07/09/2010 |
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| Kolat Construction |
Route 88 Rices Landing, PA 15357 |
| Union Status: NonUnion |
| SIC: 1799/Special Trade Contractors, Not Elsewhere Classified | | NAICS: 561790/Other Services to Buildings and Dwellings |
| Mailing: Po Box 124, Rices Landing, PA 15357 |
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| Inspection Type: | Accident |
| Scope: | Partial | Advanced Notice: | N |
| Ownership: | Private |
| Safety/Health: | Health | Close Conference: | 10/18/2010 |
| | Close Case: | 11/17/2011 |
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| Optional Information: | Type | ID | Value |
| | N | 1 | 314109109 |
| | N | 10 | IMMLANG-N |
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| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| | Accident | 100541705 |
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| Accident Investigation Summary |
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| Summary Nr: 200542009 | Event: 07/06/2010 | Construction Worker Dies Of Heat Stroke |
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On July 6, 2010, a 31-yr-old male construction worker had been shoveling gravel and installing forms for a residential swimming pool over a period of 11 hours in the hot summer sun. Afterward, the employee became sick, and the owner of the company called the EMS; the worker's core body temperature was 109.4 degrees. He was air lifted to a trauma center suffering from heat stroke, and was pronounced dead later that evening.
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| Keywords: |
construction, forming machine, heat stroke, shovel
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Inspection |
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Occupation |
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314109109 |
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Fatality |
Heat Exhaustion |
Construction laborers |
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