Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1238666.015 - City Of Bakersfield - Police Department

Inspection Information - Office: Bakersfield District Office

Investigation Summary

At 3:30 p.m. on May 30, 2017, an employee was was participating in intense physical exercises at a police training facility. The employee was performing multiple intense exercises that included, but were not limited to, push-ups, sit-ups, running, crawling and squats. The employee sustained a serious illness from the nature of the exercises being conducted and the barriers established by training criteria that did not allow employees to consume an adequate amount of drinking water. The employee sustained a heat related illness. The employee was wearing sweat pants and a long sleeved sweat shirt. The employee had not eaten anything but a few bites of a sandwich and had not consumed an adequate amount of drinking water. The employer did not effectively encourage employees performing training exercises that should reasonably be anticipated to result in exposure to the risk of heat illness, to frequently consume an adequate amount of water.

Keywords: Heat Exhaustion, Water