OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14348031
HEART,HEAD,HEART ATTACK,DESCENDING,BACK,LACERATION,FALL,TRAILER,FACE,CONTUSION
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
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#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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