Landscape Mowing Assistant Dies from Heat Stroke

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• Corporate Authors:
  Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE) ; Michigan State University. Department of Medicine. Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Description:
  On May 30, 2002, a 30-year-old landscape mowing assistant collapsed and died at the end of a day of caring for residential lawns. A typical day's work consisted of mowing, edging, trimming with a weed whip, and finishing with a back-pack blower. His partner, the leader of the two-man crew, witnessed his collapse and immediately called for help. Emergency medical assistance responded, and he was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. At the hospital, a rectal temperature of 107.6 degrees Fahrenheit was recorded. Recommendations: 1. Employers should ensure that supervisors/managers regularly monitor workers during periods of high heat stress/strain. 2. Have medical care providers identify workers who take medications or who have medical conditions that would predispose them to heat-related illnesses. 3. Train supervisors and employees regarding heat stress, heat strain and heat-related illnesses in early spring. 4. Ensure all employees are able to recognize the signs and symptoms of heat-related illness in themselves and in others. 5. Stress the importance of drinking nonalcoholic beverages before, during and after working in hot conditions. 6. Periodically remind workers of the signs of heat-related illness and of the importance of drinking copious amounts of water during hot conditions.
• Content Notes:
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• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Heat Stress Disorders Hot Temperature Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Heat-exhaustion Heat-exposure Heat-stress Injuries Injury-prevention Occupational-accidents OSHA Region 5 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Landscaping Services ; Heat-related
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE02MI075
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  8 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026800
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2008-102527
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 02MI075, 2003 Apr ; :1-8
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  56 - Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  2002/09/01
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dba233e7485992fee5c7685e961943377fc350332c4b06a075c604561ede8ddf5493d0486ce4ba67839b24aed957fbca41c3d707f38b425aa2ad04303a1175f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/169179/cdc_169179_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 339.12 KB ]