OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221428881

NEW GENERATION HARVESTING CORPORATION

BUELLTON, CA· 2021-07-02T00:00:00

Event: Agriculture, Blood, Collapse, Cutting, Enclosed Space, Farm, Farm worker, Ground, Heat Exhaustion, Heat index, Heat-related illness, Laborer, Loss of consciousness, Lost consciousness, Mouth, Seizure, Unconsciousness, Ventilation
NAICS: 111334
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345416168
Employer profile: NEW GENERATION HARVESTING CORPORATION
Summary number: 221428881
Report ID: 0950643

Event description

Employee sustains heat illness while tending plants in wind

Investigation abstract

At 12:30 p.m. on July 2, 20121, an employee working as a laborer for a berry farm was de-leafing plants. The employee had a seizure, became stiff and collapsed to the ground at which point blood came out of his mouth as he was convulsing. The employee regained consciousness before emergency medical services arrived. The employee was hospitalized to treat a heat illness. The temperature was 79 degrees Fahrenheit and but the plants are surrounded by wind tunnels. The employer does not believe it is not work related but the medical diagnosis was heat illness.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
889

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