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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1000223

CARDIAC ARREST,CARDIOVASC DISEASE,FALL

Event
CARDIAC ARREST,CARDIOVASC DISEASE,FALL
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
1000223
Report ID
453710

Event description

CARDIAC ARRYTHMIA AS A RESULT OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFACTION

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working for a framing sub-contractor on a single family resident ial home. The company had been on site one week and was 50 percent complete with the framing. Employee #1 was standing on a wall in the master bathroom nailing extra blocking in place. The wall was 8 ft 2 in. high. Employee #1 seemed to pas s out and fell to the rafters and then slid down the ladder, making no effort to catch himself. Employee #1 died of cardiac arrhythmia caused by an acute myocar dial infarction due to severe coronary artery disease.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 49 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    12
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    567
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    18
    Hazardous substance
    8880
    Task assigned
    1

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