The supervisor drove Ramirez about a mile to an on-site medical trailer, where Ramirez displayed “seizure-like activity,” vomited, and became unresponsive.Ī Tesla paramedic, per the same deputy’s report, placed the first 911 call shortly before 3:45 p.m., then performed CPR, including delivering a defibrillation shock, until Austin Fire Department and EMS personnel arrived. A Belcan supervisor placed Ramirez in an air-conditioned pickup truck for about 10 minutes, according to a sheriff’s deputy’s narrative, but Ramirez remained confused and rambling. Sometime after 3 p.m., coworkers noticed that Ramirez-who’d started working for a Tesla contractor named Belcan Services only days before-seemed disoriented. What happened next is recorded in reports by the Travis County Sheriff’s Office, Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). He’d recently remarried, and his new wife considered him respectful, reliable, and “muy trabajador”-very hardworking.Īs captured in archived weather data, the temperature near Ramirez’s worksite hit 96 degrees Fahrenheit that day. According to his oldest daughter, he was a reserved man, though he could be goofy with his grandkids. He was average height, built sturdy, with short salt-and-pepper hair and stubble to match. A 57-year-old originally from the Mexican state of Nuevo León, Ramirez was working at the sprawling construction site of the Tesla Gigafactory just southeast of Austin, building wooden forms for a concrete pour.
It was mid-afternoon on September 28, 2021, when Antelmo Ramirez began acting strange.
This story was cross-posted from the Texas Observer, an investigative news organization that covers Texas communities whose stories are often ignored.
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