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Accident Summary Nr: 606814 - EMPLOYEE DIED OF ALLERGIC REACTION FROM BEE STING

Accident Summary Nr: 606814 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 07/06/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101280402	07/13/1987	0783	0	N.G. Gilbert Corp.

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 3 PM ON JULY 6, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 REPORTED TO HIS FOREMAN THAT, WHILE TRIMMING THE RIGHT OF WAY, HE PERHAPS HAD BEEN STUNG BY A SCORPION. HE SAID THAT THE STING FELT ITCHY BUT DID NOT HURT. ABOUT FOUR FORTY HE TOLD HIS FOREMAN THAT HE HAD JUST BEEN STUNG BY A YELLOW JACKET. ABOUT FIVE MINUTES LATER, THE FOREMAN NOTICED A PURPLE COLOR AND SWELLING LIPS ON EMPLOYEE NUMBER ONE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO A DOCTOR LOCATED ABOUT TWO AND SEVEN TENTHS MILES AWAY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THE DOCTOR WORKED ON EMPLOYEE #1 UNTIL AN AMBULANCE TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS DOA.

Keywords: ALLERGIC REACTION, BEE STING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101280402			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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