Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 133262.015 - Employee becomes ill in indoor heat-related illness

Accident Summary Nr: 133262.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 08/24/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1489864.015	08/26/2020		562910	Parc Environmental

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on August 24, 2020, an employee was working indoors at a school, demolishing a boiler by swinging a sledgehammer onto concrete, freeing the piping. The employee became overheated and ill, eventually requiring an ambulance to the hospital. The employee was hospitalized. After investigation, it was determined that this was an indoor heat-related illness, caused by over-exertion inside a boiler room.

Keywords: Boiler, Concrete, Demolish, Demolition, Heat Injury Prevention Program, Heat-related illness , Overheated, Pipe, Sledgehammer

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Demolition			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1489864.015	31	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:

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