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Accident Summary Nr: 111013.015 - Employee gets heat exhaustion while building wooden boxes in

Accident Summary Nr: 111013.015 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 07/24/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1334740.015	07/31/2018		311421	Olam West Coast, Inc.

Abstract: At 6:45 p.m. on July 31, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a fruit and vegetable wholesale distribution company, was in the process of building large 44 inch by 48 inch by 40 inch wooden boxes. Employee #1 was working at the outdoor portion of the Filler Room, where the outside ambient temperature was above 95 �F. As Employee #1 continued to build these wooden boxes, he experienced nausea, vomiting, weakness, and shaking. Employee #1 had heat exhaustion as a result of the strenuous outdoor work on a hot afternoon, where the temperature exceeded 95 �F. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Heat Exhaustion, Nausea, Vomit, Wood Erection

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1334740.015	25	F	Hospitalized injury		Packaging and filling machine operators

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