Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201087673 - Migrant Farm Worker Dies From Hyperthermia
Accident: 201087673 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 07/25/2006 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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306362492 | 07/25/2006 | 0139 | Stamoules Produce | ||||
On July 25, 2006, a seasonal farm laborer was working for Stamoules Produce in Mendota, California. He worked in a cornfield, and placed boxes of harvested, packed corn onto a trailer. The employee felt ill, sat down on the trailer, and looked confused. The employee sipped some water and then collapsed. He was airlifted to a nearby hospital, and later died of hyperthermia. | |||||||
Keywords:
loading, heat, agriculture, corn, heat stroke, manual mat handling, high temperature
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 306362492 | Fatality | Heat Exhaustion | Farm workers |