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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221368129

317728887 - ERNST NURSERY & FARMS LLC

Event
Agriculture, Heat Exhaustion, Irrigation Pipe, Overheated
NAICS
111421
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345398358
Employer profile
317728887 - ERNST NURSERY & FARMS LLC
Summary number
221368129
Report ID
1054193

Event description

Employee dies due to heat exhaustion

Investigation abstract

At 3:38 p.m. on June 26, 2021, an employee was working on a crew moving irrigation lines. At the end of the shift the employee was found unresponsive in the field. The employee died of heat exhaustion.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 39 M

    Event type
    12
    Occupation code
    999

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