Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202457941 - Wind Farm Worker Suffers from Heat Exhaustion

Accident Summary Nr: 202457941 -- Report ID: 0950647 -- Event Date: 09/15/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313387953	10/17/2012	1731	238210	Sunstall, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 4:15 p.m. on September 15, 2012, Employee #1, a laborer with Sunstall Inc., an electrical contractor constructing a solar power farm. Employee #1 and other coworkers had ceased work for the day and were in transit back to their motel when Employee #1 started experiencing, a seizure, a symptom of heat exhaustion. Employee #1 was new to the area, and had not been acclimated to the climate during a period of high heat. Employee #1 suffered the effects of heat exhaustion due to being exposed to high heat while participating in outside construction activity. Employee #1 was hospitalized as a result of the event. Employee #1 was a full time permanent employee of the employer. Employee #1 had been using various types of hand tools earlier that day.

Keywords: HEAT, ELECTRICIAN, ELECTRICAL WORK, HEAT EXHAUSTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerplant		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313387953			Hospitalized injury	Heat Exhaustion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Heat/hypothermia

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