OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1008960
SUBSTATION #11 NYC TA
NEW YORK, NY·
Event description
Employee dies of probable heart attack
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was dusting a dead front switchboard when he called for help. The on ly other employee on the premises was working on another floor and, by the time he arrived, Employee #1 was lying unconscious on the floor with his eyes open, b ut not breathing. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the emergency room at the Beekman Hospital. The attending physician said that all indications were that E mployee #1 died of a heart attack, but that electrocution could not be absolutel y ruled out. His body was sent to the medical examiner for an autopsy; no electr ical burns were found on the body and the equipment showed no evidence of a shor t circuit.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 13
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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