Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201925542 - Employee Dies from Heat Related Cardiac Arrest

Accident Summary Nr: 201925542 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 07/08/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312928443	07/13/2011	1741	238140	Bailey-Buchanan Masonry, Inc.

Abstract: On July 8, 2011, Employee #1, a bricklayer laborer, was on his first day of work. He was putting mortar on boards, and moving bricks and scaffold boards onto the fourth tier of a scaffold. The ambient temperature was between 91 and 94 degrees Fahrenheit. He collapsed and died of cardiac arrest caused by heat exhaustion. His core temperature was determined to be 101.1 degrees Fahrenheit.

Keywords: HEAT, CONSTRUCTION, HEAT STROKE, BRICK, CARDIAC ARREST, INEXPERIENCE, HEAT EXHAUSTION, HIGH TEMPERATURE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2	30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312928443			Fatality	Heat Exhaustion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Heat/hypothermia

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