Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200550267 - Employee dies of heat stress and coronary artery disease

Accident Summary Nr: 200550267 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 05/30/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123467862	06/09/1998	1771	0	F. W. Mechanical

Abstract: Employee #1 and coworkers were removing old concrete and setting a new footer for some additional machinery. Employee #1 had just returned from a break and was picking up a jackhammer when he collapsed and died. The coroner's report and death certificate stated that he died of heat stress complicated by coronary artery disease.

Keywords: CARDIOVASC SYSTEM, HEART, CONSTRUCTION, HEAT STROKE, CARDIOVASC DISEASE, HEAT EXHAUSTION, HIGH TEMPERATURE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2	30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	123467862			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete foundations and walls Fatality Cause: Other

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