Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221585631

SJ&L GENERAL CONTRACTOR, LLC

Event
Concrete, Concrete Truck, Heat, Heat Exhaustion, Heat Injury Prevention Program, Heat-related illness, Trowel, Unconsciousness
NAICS
238990
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#346872740
Employer profile
SJ&L GENERAL CONTRACTOR, LLC
Summary number
221585631
Report ID
0418300
Project type
A
Construction end-use
I

Event description

Employee dies of heat-related illness

Investigation abstract

On July 26, 2023, an employee was hired and completed orientation. At 6:30 a.m. him. The lead man contacted emergency services. The employee was unconscious but breathing upon the ambulance's departure from the site. The employee died while enroute to the hospital. on July 28, 2023, the employee arrived onsite to begin work as a concrete finisher. The employee was tasked with setting concrete forms, while awaiting the arrival of concrete trucks. During this time, the employee was observed stumbling and was directed by the foreman to sit in his personal vehicle to cool off. The concrete trucks arrived at noon, and the employee was tasked with finishing the concrete by smoothing out curbing with a finishing trowel. At 2:00 p.m., the lead man observed the employee staggering while walking to his vehicle. The lead man assisted the employee to his vehicle and applied ice to

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 33 M

    Event type
    14
    Occupation code
    588

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