OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14215016
PINE STREET BUILDERS & SUPPLY, INC.
DILLON, SC·
Event description
EMPLOYEE DIED OF HEART ATTACK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HELPING TO REPLACE THE ROOF OF A BUILDING WHICH HAD FORMERLY CON TAINED PESTICIDES. THE OLD ROOFING WAS BEING BURNED ON THE SITE. THE EMPLOYEE WA S CARRYING A 1 BY 6 BOARD WHEN HE COLLAPSED AND DIED. AN AUTOPSY DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS CARDIAC ARREST, NO EVIDENCE OF EXPOSIVE TO ANY CHEMICAL WAS FOUND IN AN ANALYSIS OF BODY FLUIDS. THE DEATH WAS NOT WORK RELATED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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