OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221469604
DRUMMOND COMPANY, INC.
BIRMINGHAM, AL—
Event description
Employee collapses and dies from heat exposure during coke p
Investigation abstract
At 4:40 a.m. on June 14, 2022, an employee was shoveling coke that had spilled off the sides from a Wilputte coke oven bench. The employee was covering two shifts, and was shoveling coke onto the hot car line for approximately 13 hrs. The employee was discovered incoherent by a coworker who attempted to check on him. The coworker caught the employee as he collapsed. The employee was transported to the hospital, where he died from suspected heat exposure.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 0
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