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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221377781

EARTHBALANCE CORPORATION

Event
Heat, Heat Exhaustion, Heat Stroke, Heat index, Heat-related illness, High Temperature, Illness, Overheated, Temperature, Weather
NAICS
541320
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345455869
Employer profile
EARTHBALANCE CORPORATION
Summary number
221377781
Report ID
0419700

Event description

Employee is killed by heat illness while spraying herbicide

Investigation abstract

At 3:30 p.m. on July 30, 2021, an employee was spraying herbicide to remove invasive plants when he fell ill. The employee was overcome by heat and subsequently died of a heat related illness.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 42 M

    Event type
    14
    Occupation code
    495

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