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Accident: 127697.015 - Solid Waste Firm Temporary Worker Is Possibly Killed From He

Accident: 127697.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 07/06/2020
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1482765.01507/09/2020Green For Life Environmental Usa Inc.
At 4:15 p.m. on July 6, 2020, a 36-year-old employee was working for a temporary staffing employment agency. He had been sent to work at a solid waste collectio n firm. This was his first day working for the solid waste collection firm. He w as sitting on the passenger seat of a garbage truck. He told the driver that he wanted to quit the job, and then he fell asleep on the cabin passenger seat of t he truck. He did not wake up. He was transported to a hospital. He was dead. The inspection report suggested that the fatality was heat-related. This was a mult i-employer worksite. There were two inspections associated with this investigati on. The inspection number for the temporary staffing agency was 1497226. The ins pection number for the solid waste collection firm was 1482765.
Keywords: emergency response, garbage truck, heat-related illness , lost consciousness
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 1482765.015 36 M Fatality Laborers, except construction

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