Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201042322 - Employee Became Disoriented, Lost Consciousness and Died

Accident Summary Nr: 201042322 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 08/02/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308701416	08/03/2005	1542	236220	Rice Construction Company

Abstract: At approximately 3:30 p.m. on August 2, 2005, Employee #1 was cleaning up an area on a street that had just been excavated in front of several houses. He became disoriented, picked up a traffic barrier and shovel, and went to his car. He was punching the barrier inside his car. Coworkers went to check on him and found him unconscious. Employee #1 died from heat exposure.

Keywords: HEAT, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, HEAT EXHAUSTION, OVEREXPOSURE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308701416			Fatality	Heat Exhaustion	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Heat/hypothermia

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