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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14224356

HEART ATTACK,TRUCK,FALL

Event
HEART ATTACK,TRUCK,FALL
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14224356
Report ID
355117

Event description

Employee fell from truck cab roof and died

Investigation abstract

An employee was loading a two-and-one-half-ton flat-bed truck with pulpwood logs . Apparently he climbed up on the cab of the truck to move some logs to the lowe r side of the bed when he fell to the ground approximately 82 in. and died. The medical examiner indicated that the employee suffered a heart attack.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 49 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    31
    Event type
    12
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    496
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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