OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14449342
CONSTRUCTION,HEAT STROKE,ROOFER,HEAT EXHAUSTION
Event description
Employee dies of heat exhaustion
Investigation abstract
At approximately 3:00 p.m. on June 20, 1986, coworkers realized that Employee #1 well. He had been sent home the previous day because he had not felt well. , a roofer, was missing. They searched the area and found his body on the roof b etween an air conditioning unit and a fence. Efforts by coworkers and paramedics to revive him failed. Employee #1 was pronounced dead at the scene by the coron er. The medical examiner's autopsy report put the time of death at approximately 1:30 p.m., and listed the cause of death as hyperthermia/environmental heat exh austion. The air temperature was 85 degrees F, and the relative humidity was 61 percent. There were easterly winds at 17 miles per hour and it was sunny with a slight overcast. Employee #1 had commented earlier that day that he did not feel
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 15
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 23
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8330
- Task assigned
- 1
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