OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1001155
WILSON FOODS
CHEROKEE, IA·
Event description
WELDER BECAME ILL; DIED OF HEART ATTACK SOON AFTER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WORKED FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS BEFORE BECOMING ILL. HE WAS EMPLO YED AS AN ACETYLENE TORCH CUTTER (VICTOR TORCH 315-C). HE CUT STAINLESS STEEL, B LACK IRON AND GALVANIZED METAL TABLES AND PIPES, AFTER WHICH THE CUT PIECES WERE REMOVED FROM THE WORK AREA. EMPLOYEE #1 BEGAN TO COMPLAIN OF HEADACHES AND DIZZ INESS. TWO DAYS AFTER HE STOPPED CUTTING, HE DEVELOPED CHEST PAINS AS WELL AS TH E HEADACHES. HE WENT TO THE COMPANY DOCTOR, WHO HAD HIM ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL . HIS CONDITION STEADILY WORSENED UNTIL, 2 DAYS LATER, HE DIED. THE DEATH CERTIF ICATE STATED THAT HE DIED OF A MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2610
- Task assigned
- 2
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