OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221658289

BLACKWELL GROWER, LLC

BLACKWELL, OK· 2024-04-12T00:00:00

Event: Agriculture, Bladder, Dehydration, Farm, Farm worker, Heat Exhaustion, Heat index, Heat-related illness, High Temperature, Housekeeping, Inexperience, Infection, Lack of Work Procedures, Medical Attention
NAICS: 111419
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #347420275
Employer profile: BLACKWELL GROWER, LLC
Summary number: 221658289
Report ID: 0627700

Event description

Employee dies from UTI after becoming ill on farm in heat

Investigation abstract

On April 9, 2024, an employee working as a farm worker for a produce farm began feeling ill while working in the heat. On April 10, 2024, the employer took the employee to a doctor who prescribed antibiotics. At 8:oo p.m. on April 12, 2024, the employer dropped the employee off outside of the hospital and left. Medical personnel saw him in distress outside and rendered care to him. The employee died from a urinary tract infection (UTI) due to a delay in treatment.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 57 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
488

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