Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117128.015 - Employee is sickened by heat exhaustion

Accident Summary Nr: 117128.015 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 06/10/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1407869.015	06/11/2019		238110	Jt Wimsatt Contracting Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:15 p.m. on June 10, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a subcontractor at a hotel building project, experienced the symptoms of heat-related illness. His foreman asked him to take a break in the shade and gave him water, but he did not improve. The employee was then taken to an air conditioned conference room, where he was given an ice pack for his neck and more water and his vitals were checked. When he still did not improve, emergency services were called. The employee was transported to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with heat exhaustion and treated. The employee was released later that day.

Keywords: Construction, Dehydration, Dizziness, Forming, Heat Exhaustion, Heat-related illness , Nausea, Weather

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	1407869.015	29	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Carpenter apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause:

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