OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221589922
SUN COAST RESOURCES LLC
YOAKUM, TX—
Event description
Employee dies while filling tanker
Investigation abstract
At 5:50 p.m. on August 12, 2023, an employee was pumping fuel from a temporary storage vessel into his tanker truck. The employee was found unresponsive on the ground near his truck by coworkers. The employee was taken to a local hospital by emergency first responders and pronounced dead. The cause of death as reported by the medical examiner was dehydration with environmental heat stress with a significant contributory condition of hypertensive cardiovascular disease.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 59 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 7056
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