Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200602043 - Employee dies of an apparent heart attack on hot day

Accident Summary Nr: 200602043 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 04/29/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304389927	04/30/2002	1799	0	Clark Steel Erectors

Abstract: On April 29, 2002, Employee #1 was working as a ground man during erection of electrical power transmission towers near San Angelo, TX. It was his first day on the job. The high temperature of the day was 101 degrees F (38 degrees C). He had taken a break in an air-conditioned pickup truck and was standing near a crane when he suffered a heart attack and collapsed. Employee #1 was administered first aid was then air lifted from the site to the hospital, where he later died.

Keywords: CARDIOVASC SYSTEM, ERECTION PROCESS, HEART, HEART ATTACK, CONSTRUCTION, HIGH TEMPERATURE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304389927			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Heat/hypothermia

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