Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201854460 - Employee dies from hyperthermia

Accident Summary Nr: 201854460 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 08/07/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304292444	08/10/2001	1542	236220	George B Stone Company Llc

Abstract: Employees #1 was stringing fence along new industrial parkway being built. Employee #1 was sat in the shade to rest. Employee #1 later suffered from hyperthermia due to exposure to heat and died.

Keywords: HEAT, HIGHWAY, CONSTRUCTION, HEAT STROKE, FENCE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304292444			Fatality	Heat Exhaustion	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Heat/hypothermia

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