Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 202466389 - Employee Suffers from Heat Stroke at Lemon Orchard
| Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 310202411 | 06/27/2008 | 0761 | 115115 | Santa Paula Harvesting, Inc. |
Abstract: At approximately 4:00 p.m. on June 21, 2008, an employee was picking lemons in an orchard in Goleta, CA. The employee experienced dizziness and light headiness on June 19, 2008. The Supervisor instructed the employee to lie down underneath a lemon tree to relax and cool down. The employee was transported to his residence on Thursday evening, and the employee returned to the lemon orchard the next day, June 20, 2008. The employee started to feel dizzy and experiencing nausea. The employee went beneath a lemon tree to cool down and relax. The employee was transported home that evening, and returned to the lemon orchard on June 21, 2008. The employee started experiencing dizziness and nausea again at approximately 4:00 p.m. The employee fainted near a lemon tree. The supervisor and the rest of the picking crew were preparing to leave for Santa Paula, CA at approximately 4:30 p.m. when they discovered that the employee was missing. The picking crew went through the lemon orchard looking for the employee. They located him near a lemon tree unconscious. The supervisor and the crew pickers placed the employee in the crew van and transported him to a Urgent Care facility in Santa Paula, CA 54 miles from the lemon orchard. The physicians at the Urgent Care facility provided emergency first aid to the employee and called the emergency medical services. The employee was then transported to the emergency room at Ventura County Medical Center in Santa Paula, CA. The employee had not become acclimatized to the weather in the lemon orchard, and had not been trained on how to identify the symptoms of heat illness. The employee experienced exertional heat stroke with coma. The employee was hospitalized and treated for heat stroke.
| Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 310202411 | Hospitalized injury | Heat Exhaustion | Occupation not reported |
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