Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200571388 - Employee Collapse Due to Heat Stroke Later Dies

Accident Summary Nr: 200571388 -- Report ID: 0316700 -- Event Date: 09/01/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312505993	09/02/2009	0783	561730	Tomlinson, Bomberger Pruning & Removal

Abstract: At approximately 2:00 p.m. on September 1, 2009, Employee #1, a grounds man, was working with a coworker pruning trees. It was between 89-95 degrees outside, when Employee #1 collapsed. He was hospitalized for heat stroke. His temperature was 107.7 degrees. After several days on a ventilator, doctor's decided to do surgery, to put a tracheostomy in. Employee #1 died on September 1, 2009, from complications of the tracheostomy. The final diagnosis for death was heat stroke and rhabdomyolysis resulting in multiorgan failure.

Keywords: HEAT, COLLAPSE, HEAT STROKE, TREE, TREE TRIMMING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312505993			Fatality	Heat Exhaustion	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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