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Accident: 202633756 - Farm Laborer Dies Of Heat-Related Illness
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 313513244 | 07/08/2011 | 0761 | C Clunn Consulting, Inc |
At approximately 2:15 p.m. on July 7, 2011, Employee #1, with C. Clunn Consulting, Inc., was operating a tractor and packing cantaloupes. He operated the tractor for approximately 3 hours and then took turns with a coworker packing boxes of cantaloupes and stacking full boxes on a harvesting machine. Near the end of his shift, Employee #1 collapsed while sitting on the harvesting machine. He was transported in an air-conditioned private vehicle to Palo Verde Hospital approximately 4.9 miles away. Later that day, Employee #1 was airlifted to Good Samaritan Hospital, where he died the next day of a heat-related illness.
Keywords:
heat, agriculture, farm machinery, harvester, heat stroke, fruit packing, tractor, heat exhaustion
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 313513244 | Fatality | Heat Exhaustion | Laborers, except construction |