Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202345468 - Employee Dies of Heat-Related Illness

Accident Summary Nr: 202345468 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 08/18/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309323194	08/19/2005	1522	236116	Clark Hunt Construction, Inc.

Abstract: On August 18, 2005, Employee #1 was working as a laborer helping to lay pipe on a jobsite. After working in the sun all day, he began convulsing and vomiting, then collapsed and died of a heat-related illness.

Keywords: HEAT, INSTALLING, HEAT STROKE, PIPE, HEAT EXHAUSTION, OVERHEATED, HIGH TEMPERATURE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309323194			Fatality	Heat Exhaustion	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing underground plumbing conduit Fatality Cause: Heat/hypothermia

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