OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14525331
COLLINS RAILROAD CONSTRUCTIN CO.
MINGO JUNCTION, OH·
Event description
Railroad track repair crew member dies of heat exhaustion
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working outdoors on a railroad track repair crew. He was not acc ustomed to the 90 degree temperatures with high humidity. Employee #1 worked one day for 10 hours, the next day for 5 hours, and the third day for about 7 1/2 h ours before he collapsed and vomited. Employee #1 was taken to a hospital where he died of heat exhaustion. The crew had no scheduled breaks. The repair work wa s strenuous labor.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 15
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 23
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 11
- Task assigned
- 1
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