OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14354393
PAUL D. CAUSEY
CRESCENT CITY, FL·
Event description
EMPLOYEE COLLAPSED AND DIED OF HEAT STROKE
Investigation abstract
ON AUGUST 9, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PULLING WEEDS IN A 13 ACRE FERN FIELD. THE FI ELD WAS COVERED WITH A SARAN-LIKE MATERIAL. THE TEMPERATURE WAS ABOUT 100 DEGREE S AND THE HUMIDITY WAS VERY HIGH. HE BECAME ILL AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE (60 TO 90 MINUTES LATER). HE SUFFERED A CARDIAC ARREST ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL, AND DIED THE NEXT DAY. HIS BODY TEMPERATURE WAS MEASURED AT THE HOSPITAL AND FOUND TO BE ABOUT 108 DEGREES. NO AUTOPSY WAS PERFORMED, BUT T HE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN STATED THAT HEAT STROKE WAS THE CAUSE OF DEATH.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 15
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 23
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 11
- Hazardous substance
- 8330
- Task assigned
- 1
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