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Investigation of a Sugarcane Worker Death in Louisiana
Daniel Harrington
Poster Presenter
LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
USA
Wed, 6/3: 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM CDT
1536
Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Convention Center
Heat-related mortality is a persistent and growing occupational health problem, and Louisiana had the fourth highest occupational heat-related fatality rate in the United States between 2017-2022. This study presents the results of a detailed investigation of how a sugarcane worker died from exertional heatstroke and concludes with recommendations about how this death could have been prevented.
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Keywords
Thermal stress protection and monitoring
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