Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14340632

WAL-MART STORES, INC.

Event
HEART, OBSTRUCTED EGRESS, HEART ATTACK, WORK RULES
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#101056570
Employer profile
WAL-MART STORES, INC.
Summary number
14340632
Report ID
418400

Event description

Employee dies of apparent heart attack

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was restocking shelves after regular department store hours when she suffered an apparent heart attack. The emergency medical response team was unab le to attend to Employee #1 until approximately 12 minutes after their arrival b ecause employees were locked in the store with no means of exit. Employee #1 die d.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 38 F

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    31
    Event type
    12
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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