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Another construction worker has died due to the heat, according to Oregon OSHA officials.

The incident occurred at a construction site in Hillsboro on June 28, the hottest day on record in the state, though the worker died July 9.

In a report, the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration listed the workplace fatality as 鈥渉eat stress.鈥�

Preliminary and unofficial information indicated the employee was performing a roof inspection for a potential leak from a condensate line and became ill. After climbing down from the roof, he collapsed, Oregon OHSA Public Information Officer Aaron Corvin said.

The construction worker later died in the hospital from heat stress.

Corvin said OSHA is actively investigating the worker’s death and is unable to give more information until the probe is complete.

The worker collapsed on what was one of the hottest days recorded in the state. Temperatures reached as high of 114 degrees on June 28, according to the National Weather Service. Between June 26 and 29, the Pacific Northwest was ensnared in an historic heatwave where the average highs of the days were around 106 degrees.

Two days prior to the recording breaking heatwave, Oregon OHSA released precautions for preventing illnesses in hot weather.

Earlier this month, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown directed Oregon OHSA to implement temporary rules for dealing with the heat. They include workers having access to shade and companies providing drinking water on days temperatures reach 80 degrees or above. When temperatures rise above 90 degrees, all the same rules apply, as well as providing a cool-down rest period in the shade for 10 minutes every two hours of work. Employers also need to have and implement an emergency medical plan to gradually adapt employees to working in the heat.

In late June, an Umatilla County construction worker reportedly died from a heat-stroke-related illness.

James Anfeldt, 47, of Spokane, was found聽dead in his trailer at Panelview RV Park in Hermiston on June 24, according to Umatilla County Medical Examiner.

Anfeldt had been working as a construction worker in Pendleton. He had hypertension, a condition that him vulnerable to the heat, the medical examiner said. The cause of death was external hyperthermia-overheating.