OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #979625
TREGUBOFF DAIRY
TOLLESON, AZ·
Event description
Employee dies of heat stroke
Investigation abstract
At 10:00 a.m. on July 22, 1988, Employee #1 began loading hay onto a tractor at Treguboff's Dairy Farm. During the day he drank large quantities of water, sayin g that he was extremely thirsty. At approximately 4:00 p.m., he stopped work and again drank a large amount of water. He then began to walk erratically and to f an himself with his hat. He also experienced difficulty speaking. Employee #1 wa s taken to the hospital, where he died of heat stroke.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 15
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 23
- Occupation code
- 479
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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