Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221589658

RIPON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

Event
Air Conditioner, CPR, Cardiac Arrest, Exertion, Heat, Heat index, Landscaping, Office Area, Unconsciousness
NAICS
611110
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#346903925
Employer profile
RIPON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
Summary number
221589658
Report ID
0950624

Event description

Employee suffers medical emergency and dies in office

Investigation abstract

On the morning of August 8, 2023, an employee was performing landscaping at an elementary school before returning to his air-conditioned office. In the afternoon, the school principal began asking others if they had seen the employee. The principal went to the employee's office at 3:45 p.m. and discovered him on the floor. An AED was used, and emergency service were contacted but the employee was unable to be revied. The employee was declared dead at the site and transported to a funeral home as directed by his next of kin. No autopsy was performed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 63 M

    Event type
    14
    Occupation code
    453

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