OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14237663
TRUE TEMPER SPORTS
WHEATLEY, AR·
Event description
EMPLOYEE DIED OF HEART ATTACK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 HAD A HISTORY OF UNCONTROLLED HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND HYPERTENSION. REST. HE HAD BEGUN HIS NORMAL DUTIES AS "OFF BEARER" AT THE BAND SAW AT 7 AM, MAY 22, 1986. AT APPROXIMATELY 7:35 AM, WHILE TALKING TO THE BAND SAW OPERATOR, HE SUDDE NLY COLLAPSED. A CPR-TRAINED EMPLOYEE IN THE VICINITY CHECKED HIM AND FOUND NO P ULSE OR RESPIRATION. CPR WAS BEGUN WITHIN 60-90 SECONDS. EMS PERSONNEL ARRIVED O N THE SCENE WITHIN 6 OR 7 MINUTES AND CONTINUED TO ADMINISTER CPR UNTIL ARRIVAL AT THE HOSPITAL. EMPLOYEE #1 DID NOT RESPOND TO REVIVAL EFFORTS AT THE HOSPITAL. AN AUTOPSY WAS CONDUCTED. IN THE OPINION OF THE ATTENDING PATHOLOGIST, DEATH WA S DUE TO MASSIVE HYPERTENSIVE TRAUMA OF THE HEART, RESULTING IN TOTAL CARDIAC AR
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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