Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201021334 - Employee dies of apparent heat stroke after full work day

Accident Summary Nr: 201021334 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 08/31/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300749298	09/07/2007	1761	238160	State Roofing Systems Inc

Abstract: At approximately 4:45 p.m. on August 31, 2007, Employee #1 and a coworker, roofers for State Roofing Systems, Inc., were going back to the headquarters office in San Leandro, CA, after working eight hours on a roofing job in San Rafael, CA. They were midspan on the Richmond-San Rafael bridge when Employee #1 began convulsing. The coworker stopped and obtained emergency assistance. Employee #1 was transported to Kaiser Hospital in Richmond, where he was admitted for heat stroke. He remained hospitalized until his death on October 20, 2007.

Keywords: CARDIOVASC SYSTEM, ROOF, CONSTRUCTION, HEAT STROKE, ROOFER, HEAT EXHAUSTION, HIGH TEMPERATURE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		$250,000 to $500,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300749298			Hospitalized injury	Heat Exhaustion	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Heat/hypothermia

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