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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14248082

HEART ATTACK,WELDING

Event
HEART ATTACK,WELDING
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14248082
Report ID
317500

Event description

HEART ATTACK

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WELDING. HE STOOD UP AND SAID TO HIS NEPHEW, "THIS IS IT". AN AU TOPSY WAS PERFORMED ON THE CONJECTURE THAT HE HAD BEEN ELECTROCUTED. THE PATHOLO GIST STATED THAT EMPLOYEE #1 DIED OF VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION, DUE TO HYPERTENSI VE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 48 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    31
    Event type
    12
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    7
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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