OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221698442

UNITED CONCRETE, LLC

BROOKLYN, NY— 2024-08-28T00:00:00

Event: Commercial Building, Concrete Form Work, Construction, Dehydration, Extended Work Shift, Fatigue, Footings, Form work, Headache, Heat, Heat Exhaustion, Heat Injury Prevention Program, Heat index, Heat-related illness, High Temperature, Humidity, Laborer, Lost consciousness, Overheated, Sweat, Temperature, Unconsciousness, Unresponsive, Weather
NAICS: 238110
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347732810
Employer profile: UNITED CONCRETE, LLC
Summary number: 221698442
Report ID: 0215000
Project type: A
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee dies of heat related illness building footing forms

Investigation abstract

At 4:04 p.m. on August 28, 2024, an employee working as a construction laborer performing tasks that were estimated to be a moderate workload level. A coworker reported feeling fatigued and having a headache. The employee was walking down the sidewalk after leaving work when he collapsed. The employee later died. for a structural concrete contractor was building footing forms in preparation for a concrete pour. The employee's work shift was 10.5 hours daily, from 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with a 15-minute break at or around 10:00 a.m. and a 30- minute lunch break at noon. The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory starting at 11:00 a.m. for Tuesday, August 27, 2024, until 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 28, 2024, stating that heat indices were expected to reach the low 100's (degrees Fahrenheit or deg. F.). At 1:51 p.m., the relative humidity was 50%, the WBGT was 86.6 deg. F., and the heat index was 94.6 deg. F. The employee was

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 36 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
7010

Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.