Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 148722.015 - Employee suffers heat stroke and dies while digging trench

Accident Summary Nr: 148722.015 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 08/08/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1614019.015	08/09/2022		561730	Entrenos, Inc

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on August 8, 2022, an employee was installing sprinkler heads and covering up the trench from the installation process that was performed the same day. The employee spent most his shift digging narrow trenches with a pickaxe and laying the irrigation pipe. The employee lost consciousness and collapsed while working. It was determined that the employee had suffered a heat stroke and died.

Keywords: Heat, Heat Stroke, Heat index, Heat-related illness , Installing, Irrigation Pipe, Lost consciousness, Trench Digger, Water Pipe

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1614019.015	31	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Landscaping Fatality Cause:

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