Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 200263903 - Employee Dies of Heat Stroke While Working in Tomato Fields
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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314528068 | 07/19/2010 | 0161 | 111219 | Randy Clanton Farms, Inc. |
Abstract: On July 15, 2010, an employee, a migrant farm worker, was working in the tomato packing warehouse. He had been working for approximately three months in a tomato packing warehouse. After the harvest ended, and most of the migrant worker force left, the employee volunteered to stay a few more weeks and remove the stakes and strings from 300 - 400 acres of tomato fields. The employee worked in the fields for four days cutting and removing strings. He finished a field and went to a shaded area to take a break. He was later found unconscious in the shaded area. It was unknown how long he was unconscious. The employee was transported by coworkers to a local hospital, where he arrived with a temperature of 108 degrees. The decision was then made to airlift the employee to a major hospital, where he died the following day.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 314528068 | Fatality | Heat Exhaustion | Occupation not reported |