Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202554614 - Heat Is Suspected in Paving Foreman's Cardiac Event

Accident Summary Nr: 202554614 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 06/27/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315528752	06/27/2012	1611	237310	Champion Paving Inc

Abstract: On June 27, 2012, Employee #1, a full-time employee and site foreman for Champion Paving, Inc., was monitoring a parking lot repaving project. The employee collapsed and fell onto a lawn adjacent to the parking lot. The employee was transported to the hospital and admitted. Cal/OSHA received a report of this incident within 2 hours of the event. The incident was treated as a heat suspect incident. The Division Medical Unit evaluated the evidence and concluded that it appeared to have been a cardiac event. The Division was not able to conclude to a reasonable medical probability that a heat-related illness was responsible for this event.

Keywords: HEART, HEAT, CONSTRUCTION, HEAT STROKE, HEAT EXHAUSTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	315528752			Hospitalized injury	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Other

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