Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 157728.015 - Employee dies from hyperthermia in hot humid conditions

Accident Summary Nr: 157728.015 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 06/30/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1680809.015	06/30/2023		238290	Heavy Equipment Movers And Installation, Llc

Abstract: At 3:50 p.m. on June 30, 2023, an employee was harnessed to a platform approximately 30 feet above the ground inside of a building, bolting up pieces of a steel platform for a cold-galvanized furnace. The employee stopped working and asked for help, his coworkers put the employee into a lift and brought him down to the ground level. The employee was performing work at a moderate to heavy workload in hot humid conditions. The employee was slurring his speech, and his skin was very warm. Cool towels were placed onto the employee and the Emergency Response team was contacted. The employee died from hyperthermia; his premortem core body temperature was 109 degrees Fahrenheit.

Keywords: Bolting, Emergency Response, Heat, Heat Injury Prevention Program, Heat-related illness , Humidity, Hyperthermia , Steel

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1680809.015	42	M	Fatality		Strctural Iron /& Steel Worker	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Bolting-Up/Detail Work Fatality Cause:

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