Accident Report Detail

Accident: 201491008 - Employee Dies From Heat Stroke

**Accident: 201491008 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 07/10/2008**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
310826730	07/11/2008	0761	Esparza Enterprises

At approximately 3:30 p.m. on July 10, 2008, Employee #1 was loading boxes of grapes to a truck, to be delivered to a cold storage. Employee #1 sustained heat exhaustion and was taken by ambulance to San Joaquin Community Hospital in Bakersfield, California. He was treated for a heat stroke with a core body temperature of 108 degrees. He died at 3:25 p.m. on July 31, 2008 from the heat stroke.

Keywords: agriculture, heat stroke, heat exhaustion, high temperature

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	310826730			Fatality	Heat Exhaustion	Laborers, except construction

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