OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221384571

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC.

WACO, TX· 2021-08-12T00:00:00

Event: Chest, Dehydration, Delivery Work, Heat, Heat Exhaustion, Heat Injury Prevention Program, Heat Stroke, Heat index, Heat-related illness, High Temperature, Humidity, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Engineering Controls, Material Handling, Overheated, Package Delivery, Supervision, Temperature, Truck Driver, Unacclimatized, Weather
NAICS: 492210
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345494413
Employer profile: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC.
Summary number: 221384571
Report ID: 0636900

Event description

Employee dies from heat related illness while making deliver

Investigation abstract

At 2:00 a.m. on August 12, 2021, an employee was performing package delivery driver duties and tasks involving frequent lifting, lowering and carrying packages that typically weigh 25 to 35 pounds and may weigh up to 70 pounds. The employee was working without a dolly or other assistance in the high ambient temperatures while working in an outdoor environment which produced Wet Bulb Globe Temperatures (WBGT) ranging from 77.0 degrees Fahrenheit to WBGT 88.0 degrees Fahrenheit (Heat Index ranging from 86.0 degrees Fahrenheit to 104.0 degrees Fahrenheit). The employee had not been acclimated and died from a heat-related illness.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 23 F

Event type
14

Occupation code
804

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