Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 158563.015 - Employee dies of heat-related illness

Accident Summary Nr: 158563.015 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 07/28/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1687274.015	07/29/2023		238990	Sj&L General Contractor, Llc

Abstract: On July 26, 2023, an employee was hired and completed orientation. At 6:30 a.m. on July 28, 2023, the employee arrived onsite to begin work as a concrete finisher. The employee was tasked with setting concrete forms, while awaiting the arrival of concrete trucks. During this time, the employee was observed stumbling and was directed by the foreman to sit in his personal vehicle to cool off. The concrete trucks arrived at noon, and the employee was tasked with finishing the concrete by smoothing out curbing with a finishing trowel. At 2:00 p.m., the lead man observed the employee staggering while walking to his vehicle. The lead man assisted the employee to his vehicle and applied ice to him. The lead man contacted emergency services. The employee was unconscious but breathing upon the ambulance's departure from the site. The employee died while enroute to the hospital.

Keywords: Concrete, Concrete Truck, Heat, Heat Exhaustion, Heat Injury Prevention Program, Heat-related illness , Trowel , Unconsciousness

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1687274.015	33	M	Fatality		Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete floor at grade Fatality Cause:

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