Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202288866 - Employee Suffers Heat Exhaustion, Later Dies

Accident Summary Nr: 202288866 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 06/30/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312388465	07/02/2008	1623	237120	Rockford Pipeline Corporation

Abstract: On June 30, 2008, Employee #1 was part of a work crew consisted of a foreman, a lead man and four laborers. The crew was assigned to unload 40-pound sandbags from a truck. The sandbags are used to support the installation of a 36-in. diameter natural gas pipeline. The ambient temperature at the time of the incident was approximately 110-degrees Fahrenheit. The crew had water and ice to drink and shade was provided by their shuttle bus at the worksite. Employee #1 was overcome by the heat at approximately 3:30 p.m. and was unresponsive to verbal instructions and physical stimuli and displayed signs of heat stress and a possible heart attack. Employee #1 was air-evacuated to hospital and passed away the following morning at approximately 9:30 a.m. on July 1, 2008.

Keywords: HEAT, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, HEART ATTACK, HEAT EXHAUSTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		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	312388465			Fatality	Heat Exhaustion	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Heat/hypothermia

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