OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221585631
SJ&L GENERAL CONTRACTOR, LLC
MADISON, AL—
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
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 588
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