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Posted: 5:49 PM Jul 22, 2011
Could Farm Deaths be Heat Related?
Calif investigates 6 possible heat-related deaths
Reporter: Associated Press and WTVY |
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FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- California officials say they are investigating six possible heat-related deaths, including two cases of two farmworkers who collapsed while harvesting crops.
A spokeswoman for the state Division of Occupational Safety and Health said Thursday her agency is reviewing whether a 47-year-old
worker in Blythe died because he was operating a tractor to harvest
cantaloupes in 102-degree heat on July 7. Spokeswoman Erika Monterroza says it's also investigating the April death of a 56-year-old farmworker who was breaking corn in 84-degree heat in Imperial County.
Other cases under investigation involve a drilling crew floorman, a police officer, a temporary laborer and a grading foreman, who all died in June.
In all six cases, coroners have not confirmed the cause of death.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
