Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 568725 - Employee dies from heat stress
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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107706210 | 08/11/1993 | 2074 | 0 | Helena Cotton Oil Co., Inc. |
Abstract: On July 26, 1993, Employee #1 was performing his normal job operation on the 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. work shift of operating the #1 seed cleaner machine. Shortly before 11:00 p.m., the seed cleaner machine broke down and maintenance personnel began repair work. Employee #1 was sitting on a trash can type container while the repair work was being performed. When maintenance returned from obtaining larger screws for placement in the attachment for the machine, they found Employee #1 lying on the floor between the #1 and #2 seed machine. They tried to wake him and continuously fanned him while help was summoned. The foreman on duty called Pafford Ambulance Service at 11:00 p.m. The unit arrived on site at 11:22 p.m. and began treating Employee #1 for heat exhaustion. The ambulance departed the site at 11:27 p.m. and arrived at 11:30 p.m. at the Helena Regional Medical Center. Employee #1 was treated in the emergency room. Employee #1 was pronounced dead at midnight July 27, 1993. Autopsy report listed cause of death as environmental hypothermia.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 107706210 | Fatality | Heat Exhaustion | Occupation not reported |