OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221376684
ESPARZA ENTERPRISES, INC.
TEHACHAPI, CA·
Event description
Employee suffers stroke and dies while harvesting
Investigation abstract
At 7:50 a.m. on July 13, 2021, an employee, a farm laborer, was working in a field harvesting cilantro with a crew. The employee was coming off a work break when he suddenly collapsed and went into a seizure. Emergency services were called and the employee was taken to a local medical center, where he was admitted. It was determined that the employee had suffered a stoke and he died from his illness ten days later.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 479
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