Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200514404 - Employee Dies from Heat Exhaustion

Accident Summary Nr: 200514404 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 06/11/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311180269	06/13/2007	1741	238140	Booker Construction Inc

Abstract: On June 11, 2007, Employee #1 was laying block from a two level scaffold on a sunny day with temperatures in the upper eighties. He collapsed on the scaffold and was transported by emergency personnel to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Keywords: HEAT, CONSTRUCTION, HEAT EXHAUSTION, HIGH TEMPERATURE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	25	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	311180269			Fatality	Heat Exhaustion	Occupation not reported

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