Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201178753 - Employee Suffers Heat Stress While Removing Roof

Accident Summary Nr: 201178753 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 10/01/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300883204	10/20/2005	1799	562910	Warren Asbestos Abatement Contractors Inc

Abstract: On October 1, 2005, an employee, an asbestos worker, suffered a heat illness after removing a coal tar pitch roof over two days while wearing a Tyvek suit and full face respirator in 90 plus degree Fahrenheit heat and direct sunlight. He cramped up and vomited during the last day of removal but did not inform his supervisor. He went home and suffered cramps, nausea, and vomiting for a day before going to a hospital, where he was admitted and treated for heat related illness and associated medical complications for three days.

Keywords: COAL TAR PITCH, HEAD, HEAT, ROOF, CONSTRUCTION, NAUSEA, HEAT EXHAUSTION, RESPIRATOR, VOMIT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300883204			Hospitalized injury	Heat Exhaustion	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Heat/hypothermia

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