Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201760386 - Employee dies of heat-related causes

Accident Summary Nr: 201760386 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 07/14/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301309431	08/21/1997	1799	0	Brown & Root Energy Services

Abstract: Employee #1 had been on a 115 ft high scaffold when, at approximately 10:30 a.m., he came down, took off his harness, sat on his tool box, and tried to catch his breath. He then asked a passerby to use his radio to call for first aid. Employee #1 was semiconscious when emergency help arrived; he died of heat-related causes.

Keywords: RESPIRATORY, HEAT, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, CONSTRUCTION, HEAT EXHAUSTION, HIGH TEMPERATURE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		Other		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000		200	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301309431			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Heat/hypothermia

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