Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201924941 - Employee dies of hyperthermia at a water tank

Accident Summary Nr: 201924941 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 08/12/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311964886	08/13/2009	1791	238120	Tank Builders, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 3:15 pm, on August 12, 2009, Employee #1 of Tank Builders, Inc., was found unresponsive on a scaffold in the residential water tank where he was performing stick welding on the interior overhead of the tank. He was removed from the tank, and emergency services summoned, but he could not be revived. The medical examiner determined that core body temperature of Employee #1 exceeded 109 degrees Fahrenheit, indicating that the preliminary cause of death was hyperthermia.

Keywords: WELDING, WATER TANK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	1	100	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311964886			Fatality	Heat Exhaustion	Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Heat/hypothermia

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