Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202634416 - Employee Suffers from Heat Exhaustion

Accident Summary Nr: 202634416 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 07/08/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313513491	07/13/2011	1742	238310	Joe H Martinez Dba J H Martinez Cons'T

Abstract: At approximately 12:30 p.m. on July 08, 2011, Employee # 1 was working as a ground person outdoors at Terra Lago Parkway in Indio, handing out materials, tools and supplies to other workers on the scaffold and mixing stucco using the machine in the morning. The average temperature on the day of the accident was 99 degrees F with a maximum temperature of 110 degrees F at 13:52 p.m. Employee # 1 started experiencing symptom of dizziness around noon and was advised by the supervisor to sit down and rest in the shaded area. Thirty minutes later his condition gets worse. He was transported to JFK Memorial Hospital in Indio. The accident was reported to the DOSH (Division of Occupational Safety and Health) on July 11, 2011 by his employer. .

Keywords: DIZZINESS, HEAT EXHAUSTION, WATER

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313513491			Hospitalized injury	Heat Exhaustion	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause: Heat/hypothermia

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