Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122604.015 - Employee becomes ill, is diagnosed with Valley Fever

Accident Summary Nr: 122604.015 -- Report ID: 0950647 -- Event Date: 05/13/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1405111.015	05/29/2019		237310	Ca Transportation, District 5

Abstract: At 4:30 p.m. on May 13, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a state highway department, was working outdoors and surveying for a highway rehabilitation project. The employee became ill. He was transported to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with Valley Fever from cocci spores that had become airborne and that he had inhaled. The employee received treatment and was released without hospitalization.

Keywords: Breathing, Highway, Illness, Infection, Inhalation, Overexposure, Rehabilitation, Respiratory, Surveyor

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1405111.015	57	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Surveyors and mapping scientists	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Surveying Fatality Cause:

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