Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 107278.015 - Employee suffers heat illness during outdoor work

Accident Summary Nr: 107278.015 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 07/10/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1328979.015	07/12/2018		237110	D.E.R. Development Company, Llc

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on July 10, 2018, an employee was working in two foot deep outdoor trenches to install PVC pipe on a hot, sunny day. The employee was new and not trained to identify heat illness symptoms and not acclimatized to the weather. The employee started to feel sick in the heat was hospitalized for more than one day due to heat illness.

Keywords: Heat-related illness , Installing, Pipe, Temperature, Training, Trench, Untrained

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition			0	0

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1328979.015	21	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing underground plumbing conduit Fatality Cause:

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