Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200924520 - Employee Cutting Trees Dies of Heat Stress

Accident Summary Nr: 200924520 -- Report ID: 0355111 -- Event Date: 08/08/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310354022	08/09/2006	2411	113310	W.C.T., Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 4:00 p.m. on August 8, 2006, Employee #1 was working for a logging firm. While engaged in a tree limbing operation on a plot of land that had been logged over, he became overheated and passed out. Attempts to revive him failed, and he died later at the hospital. Temperatures on August 8, 2006, were about 98 degrees Fahrenheit, with a heat index estimated to be 105 degrees Fahrenheit or more.

Keywords: HEAT, HEAT STROKE, LOGGER, HEAT EXHAUSTION, LOGGING, TREE TRIMMING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310354022			Fatality	Heat Exhaustion	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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