Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 138765.015 - Employee dies from overexertion during hot weather

Accident Summary Nr: 138765.015 -- Report ID: 1055350 -- Event Date: 07/29/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1545556.015	07/30/2021		111940	Wa317965096 - Virgil Gamache Farms Inc

Abstract: At 2:45 p.m. on July 29, 2021, after an employee did not show up at the end of his shift he was found in a field sitting on the floorboard of his tractor unresponsive with breathing problems. Presumably, the tractor had become stuck in the mud and the worker attempted to dig it out with a shovel when the air temperature was 95 degrees Fahrenheit. No further details are available, but the employee subsequently died as a result of the possible overexertion in the heat.

Keywords: Agriculture, Agriculture Machinery/Vehicle, Driver, Equipment Operator, Farm Machinery, Heat, Heat Exhaustion, Heat index, Heat-related illness , High Temperature, Illness, Overheated, Respiratory, Respiratory Tract, Shortness of breath, Shovel, Tractor, Unresponsive, Weather

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1545556.015	76	M	Fatality		Occupation not reported

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