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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14348031

HEART,HEAD,HEART ATTACK,DESCENDING,BACK,LACERATION,FALL,TRAILER,FACE,CONTUSION

Event
HEART,HEAD,HEART ATTACK,DESCENDING,BACK,LACERATION,FALL,TRAILER,FACE,CONTUSION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14348031
Report ID
418300

Event description

Employee dies after fall from truck trailer

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was descending from the top of a Fruehauf OMJ-425003 truck trailer, which was 10 ft 8 in. high. Employee #1 fell, sustaining bruises and cuts about the face, head, and back. He died. The autopsy revealed an enlarged heart; the e mployee's death was probably caused by a heart attack.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 59 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    5
    Source
    29
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    7
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    2

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