Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 97082.015 - Construction worker incurs heat exhaustion

Accident Summary Nr: 97082.015 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 07/06/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1246461.015	07/13/2017		237310	Archer Western Construction, Llc

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on July 6, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a heavy construction company, was engaged in a multiemployer highway construction project. There were high heat index conditions at the time. As he set forms for a concrete bridge, he began to feel ill, weak, and exhausted. Employee #1 was discharged from the work site to return home and rest. While at home, he began feeling extreme muscular cramping and continued weakness. Employee #1 went to a hospital emergency room. He was admitted and treated heat exhaustion.

Keywords: Bridge, Concrete Form Work, Construction, Heat, Heat Exhaustion

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Alteration or rehabilitation		$20,000,000 and over

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1246461.015	50	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause:

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