OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221394026

POWER'S IRISH PUB, INC.

CLIFTON PARK, NY· 2021-08-12T00:00:00

Event: Cardiovasc System, Cook, Dehydration, Heat, Heat Exhaustion, Heat Injury Prevention Program, Heat Stroke, Heat index, Heat-related illness, High Temperature, Humidity, Natural Causes, Overheated, Respiratory, Respiratory Tract, Restaurant, Temperature, Water, Weather
NAICS: 722511
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345484356
Employer profile: POWER'S IRISH PUB, INC.
Summary number: 221394026
Report ID: 0213100

Event description

Employee dies, possible heat illness after cooking outdoors

Investigation abstract

At 7:00 p.m. on August 12, 2021, an employee had been working at an outdoor barbeque event cooking in direct sunlight earlier in the day. Based upon data from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, Wet Bulb Globe Temperatures (WBGT) ranged from 76.9 degrees Fahrenheit at 7:51 AM, to 86.9 degrees Fahrenheit at 1:51 PM, and 91.2 degrees Fahrenheit at 4:51 PM. Using the same data, the heat index ranged from 73 degrees Fahrenheit at 7:51 AM , to 95.2 degrees Fahrenheit at 1:51 PM, and 74 degrees Fahrenheit at 4:51 PM. The employee returned to the kitchen where he collapsed and died from natural causes with possible exacerbation due to the heat.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 42 M

Event type
12

Occupation code
436

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