OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221394307
BELLA KAI CONSTRUCTION
BLYTHE, CA·
Event description
Employee suffers heat exhaustion while working outdoors
Investigation abstract
At 2:30 p.m. on July 7, 2021, an employee was working outdoors removing poles and pouring cement where temperatures exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit. After finishing work, the employee was inside a vehicle on prison grounds when he began to vomit. The employer took the employee to the nearby Chuckawalla Valley State Prison Fire Department, approximately two minutes away. EMTs attended to the employee and determined that a higher level of care was needed. Emergency services were called, and the employee was transported by ambulance to Palo Verde Hospital in Blythe. The employee was treated and released with a diagnosis of heat exhaustion.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Event type
- 14
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