Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 97018.015 - Employee Suffers Heat Stress In Greenhouse

Accident Summary Nr: 97018.015 -- Report ID: 1054193 -- Event Date: 05/22/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1235987.015	05/25/2017	0181	111421	317717090 - F & B Farms Llc

Abstract: At approximately 2:30 p.m. on May 22, 2017, Employee #1, a temporary contract laborer, was working in a greenhouse watering plants. As she watered the plants, she began to feel dizzy and lost consciousness due to heat stress. Emergency medical personnel were summoned. They arrived and transported her to a hospital, where she stayed overnight and received blood and IV fluids. At the hospital, Employee #1 was found to have had an untreated preexisting medical condition that was chronic hemorrhagic anemia. She was treated for the heat stress and chronic hemorrhagic anemia via a blood transfusion and then released.

Keywords: Heat Exhaustion

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1235987.015	31	F	Hospitalized injury		Occupation not reported

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