Accident Report Detail
Accident: 108594.015 - Employee Experiences Heat Stress In Hot Work Environment
Accident: 108594.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 07/23/2018 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1341778.015 | 08/22/2018 | Sound-Crete Contractors Inc. | |||||
At 4:00 p.m. on July 23, 2018, Employee #1, an employee of Sound-Crete Contractors, Inc., was operating a concrete pouring machine and engaged in general labor work, at a new residential construction site. During the workday, the temperature increased above 95 degrees Fahrenheit, and after installing acoustic material, Employee #1 began to operate a concrete pouring machine and once finished, he then took a break. During the break, Employee #1 sat down, drank water, rested and afterwards, began to feel sick, vomited and started to have cramps in his arms and legs. Employee #1 was sent home and his wife then transported him to the PIH health hospital, where he was diagnosed with heat stress related illness and released in two days. | |||||||
Keywords:
pouring, concrete form work, equipment operator, residential construction, leg, installing, heat exhaustion, heat, arm, vomit, water, illness, heat index
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1341778.015 | 33 | M | Hospitalized injury | Heat Exhaustion | Construction Laborer |