Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202562641 - Employee Sustains Heat Exhaustion

Accident Summary Nr: 202562641 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 07/09/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312348972	07/15/2008	1751	238130	Luker Framing And General Construction, Inc.

Abstract: On July 9, 2008, Employee #1, an industrial truck operator, was working at a construction job site. He sustained heat exhaustion after being exposed to excessive heat. Employee #1 continued working at the site and returned to work the following day. Employee #1 felt ill on July 9, 2008 and left the job site. He was admitted to the hospital with a possible kidney failure on July 10, 2008 and was released from the hospital on July 13, 2008.

Keywords: HEAT, CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, HEAT EXHAUSTION, KIDNEY, TRUCK DRIVER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312348972			Hospitalized injury	Heat Exhaustion	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Heat/hypothermia

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