Heavy work on a hot day caused a fatal heat stroke for a laborer at an industrial waste processing facility. From the start of his shift in the morning to the time he collapsed in the late afternoon, he had been sorting scrap material delivered from a construction site and delivering it the appropriate waste dump. When he started to stagger, a fellow worker advised him to rest in the shade. The victim started to walk toward the site office, but suddenly crouched down and stopped moving. The co-worker tried to get his attention but he did not respond. Nor did […]
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