Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 129332.015 - Employee is killed after excess heat exposure

Accident Summary Nr: 129332.015 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 07/27/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1485657.015	07/27/2020	0132	111910	145963 - J-J Thompson Farms, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:00 a.m. on July 27, 2020, an employee was exposed to conditions of high ambient heat from the sun while performing hand labor such as topping/suckering and hand harvesting tobacco. The employee was exposed above the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value (TLV). The TLV calculated for this day using the employee's metabolic work rate (415 watts) was 27.5 Celsius. During the working hours, the wet-bulb globe temperature (WBGT) was calculated to be between 27.5 to 31.4 Celsius. The employee is killed as a result of excess heat exposure.

Keywords: Agriculture, Harvester, Heat, Heat index, Heat-related illness

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1485657.015	55	M	Fatality		Occupation not reported

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