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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14379416

HEART,HEART ATTACK,LADDER,FALL,CONCRETE

Event
HEART,HEART ATTACK,LADDER,FALL,CONCRETE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14379416
Report ID
524500

Event description

EMPLOYEE FALLS FROM LADDER DURING FATAL HEART SEIZURE

Investigation abstract

An employee with atherosclerotic heart disease was working on a ladder. He had a heart seizure, which caused him to fall from the ladder onto a concrete floor. Although the employee sustained severe closed head injuries, he died from the he art seizure.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 50 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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