OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14206767
WEYERHAEUSER CO
DELLWOOD, OR·
Event description
EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A FATAL HEAT STROKE ON A HOT DAY
Investigation abstract
ON JUNE 25, 1987, AT APPROXIMATELY 2:20 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SETTING CHOKERS WITH LEAST 108 DEGREES. 4 OTHER EMPLOYEES. IT WAS A HOT DAY WITH VERY LITTLE OR NO WIND. EMPLOYEE #1 WA S OUT OF CONDITION FOR THIS TYPE OF WORK AND NOT USED TO WORKING IN HOT WEATHER. HE WAS OVERCOME. THE OTHER EMPLOYEES NOTICED THAT HE WAS IN TROUBLE AND LAID HI M DOWN IN A SHADY AREA. THEY TRIED TO COOL HIM OFF BY WETTING HIM DOWN AND FANNI NG HIM. THEY CALLED FOR AN AMBULANCE AND HELICOPTER. AS THEY STARTED TO PLACE TH E EMPLOYEE IN A STRETCHER, HE WENT INTO CARDIO-PULMONARY ARREST. THE EMPLOYEES B EGAN CPR AND CONTINUED UNTIL A HELICOPTER ARRIVED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FLOWN TO A BA Y AREA HOSPITAL AND PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL. HIS BODY CORE TEMPERATURE WAS AT
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 15
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 23
- Occupation code
- 494
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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