Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 136110.015 - Employee is killed by suspected hyperthermia digging trench

Accident Summary Nr: 136110.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 08/20/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1534907.015	06/07/2021		238210	California Wide Electric Services Inc

Abstract: At 7:38 p.m. on August 20, 2020, an employee worked to dig a trench for an underground electrical conduit. While working, the employee began to feel ill while working in the outdoor heat and was killed due to suspected hyperthermia.

Keywords: Conduit, Heat, Heat Exhaustion, Heat-related illness , Illness, Overheated, Trench

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Other				0	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1534907.015	73	M	Fatality		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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