Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 201497989 - Employee Suffer Heat Stroke While Harvesting Cantaloups
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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316724012 | 07/05/2013 | 0161 | 111219 | Stamoules Produce Company |
Abstract: At approximately 3:15 p.m. on June 29, 2013, Employee #1, a stacker, was working in a cantaloupe field harvesting. The employee's duty was to take the filled boxes of cantaloupes from the moving packing station and stack them onto a pulled trailer. Employee #1 was working under direct sunlight without shade except for time on break. While on break the employee was observed to be dizzy, and then went unconscious. Employee #1 was taken to the Community Regional Medical Center, where he was treated for a heat stroke and later released.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 316724012 | Hospitalized injury | Heat Exhaustion | Laborers, except construction |