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Accident: 201490893 - Employee Dies From Heart Attack Or Heat Exhaustion

**Accident: 201490893 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 07/10/2008**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
310826714	07/11/2008	0179	Sun Valley Packing

On July 10, 2008, Employee #1 started working at 6:00 a.m. and was harvesting nectarines at in Kingsburg, California. There was elevated ambient temperature that day (not specified). At 10:00 a.m., Employee complained that he did not feel well and left work. At 5:00 p.m. on June 10, 2008, Employee #1 died. It was not clear whether Employee #1 died from a heart attack or heat exhaustion.

Keywords: agriculture, heart attack, heat exhaustion, high temperature

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	310826714			Fatality	Heat Exhaustion	Laborers, except construction

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