OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1002419
IBP, INC.
COLUMBUS JUNCTION, IA·
Event description
Employee dies of congested lungs and internal bleeding
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was being trained in the trolley room. When his trainer took a 15 mi nute break, Employee #1 apparently collapsed and was found dead on the floor bet ween a caustic materials tank and a water rinse tank. There was no apparent occu pational cause for his death. An autopsy ruled out a heart attack, but his lungs were severely congested with fluid and he was experiencing gastric bleeding and hemorrhaging in the trachea and bronchial tracts. It was Employee #1's fourth d ay on the payroll and his first in that work area.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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