OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14519607
TEMPORARY SERVICES INC.
LAKE CHARLES, LA·
Event description
Oil refinery employee dies of heat exhaustion or stroke
Investigation abstract
At the end of his work day, Employee #1, age 18, was cleaning up an oil spill at a refinery when he collapsed. He died as a result of heat stroke or exhaustion. Employee #1 had been wearing a slicker suit all day. The outside temperature wa s 88 degrees F and the humidity was 70 percent; the combined adjusted heat stres s factor was 99 to 101 degrees F.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 15
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 23
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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