OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #606814

N.G. GILBERT CORP.

CAVE SPRINGS, GA· 1987-07-06T15:00:00

Event: ALLERGIC REACTION, BEE STING
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #101280402
Employer profile: N.G. GILBERT CORP.
Summary number: 606814
Report ID: 418100

Event description

EMPLOYEE DIED OF ALLERGIC REACTION FROM BEE STING

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 3 PM ON JULY 6, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 REPORTED TO HIS FOREMAN THAT, WHILE TRIMMING THE RIGHT OF WAY, HE PERHAPS HAD BEEN STUNG BY A SCORPION. HE SA ID THAT THE STING FELT ITCHY BUT DID NOT HURT. ABOUT FOUR FORTY HE TOLD HIS FORE MAN THAT HE HAD JUST BEEN STUNG BY A YELLOW JACKET. ABOUT FIVE MINUTES LATER, TH E FOREMAN NOTICED A PURPLE COLOR AND SWELLING LIPS ON EMPLOYEE NUMBER ONE. THE E MPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO A DOCTOR LOCATED ABOUT TWO AND SEVEN TENTHS MILES AWAY AS Q UICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THE DOCTOR WORKED ON EMPLOYEE #1 UNTIL AN AMBULANCE TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS DOA.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 32 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
4

Event type
3

Source
3

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
2

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