OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14217871
STCT UCONN STORRS CAMPUS
STORRS, CT·
Event description
WASTE WATER PLANT OPERATOR SUFFERED FATAL HEART ATTACK
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 7:57 AM ON FEBRUARY 12, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING ON A ONE FOOT HIGH STOOL RECORDING THE DAY'S WATER FLOW ON A STRIP CHART. THE CHART WAS MOUNTED SIX FEET ABOVE THE FLOOR. THE EMPLOYEE SUDDENLY SUFFERED A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK (PER THE MEDICAL EXAMINER), FALLING DOWN AND TO THE LEFT, STRIKING HIS H EAD ON A PUMP HOUSING. THE RESULTING HEAD WOUND BLED PROFUSELY. EMERGENCY SERVIC ES WERE CALLED TO THE SITE. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER DECLARED THE EMPLOYEE DEAD. THE EMPLOYEE'S BODY WAS THEN MOVED TO FARMINGTON (THE STATE'S MEDICAL EXAMINERS OFF ICE) FOR AN AUTOPSY. THE INITIAL RESULTS OF THE AUTOPSY REVEALED THAT THE EMPLOY EE DIED OF A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK, CAUSED BY A BLOCKED ARTERY.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 63 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 694
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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