Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200920783 - Employee Dies from Apparent Hyperthermia

Accident Summary Nr: 200920783 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 08/01/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305264723	08/02/2002	1751	0	Mark Patton

Abstract: At approximately 4:00 p.m. on July 31, 2002, Employee #1, his employer, and several coworkers were completing the installation of the second-story sub-floor on a two-story home under construction. Employee #1 was nailing the sub-floor when the employer noticed that he was missing the floor joist and behaving erratically. The employer sent him to lie down, so Employee #1 descended from the second story and lay down on a pile of plywood sheathing. The employer noticed that he was still acting erratically, so he abandoned his work and escorted Employee #1 into the garage, laid him down on a piece of plywood, placed ice on his neck and wrists, and called the rescue squad. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he died at 10:20 a.m. on the following day of apparent hyperthermia. The temperature on the day he was stricken had been approximately 90 degrees F.

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

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305264723			Fatality	Heat Exhaustion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Heat/hypothermia

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