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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 202487187 - Employee Dies From Heat Stroke

**Accident: 202487187 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 07/11/2008**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
311862262	07/14/2008	1542	Mascon, Inc

At approximately 2:25 p.m. on July 11, 2008, Employee #1, a new, unacclimatized, 55-year-old laborer, collapsed, while hand-excavating footings, outdoors on a hot and smoky day. Employee #1 was transported to a medical center, where he was found to have a temperature of 107 degrees F. He was diagnosed with heat stroke and hospitalized. Employee #1 progressed into multisystem organ failure and died nine days later, on July 20, 2008.

Keywords: work rules, construction, heat stroke, heat exhaustion, high temperature

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	311862262			Fatality	Heat Exhaustion	Construction laborers	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Excavation FatCause: Heat/hypothermia

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