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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14387583

MAINTENANCE

Event
MAINTENANCE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14387583
Report ID
524200

Event description

EMPLOYEE FOUND DEAD IN PLANT OF APPARENT NATURAL CAUSES

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1, A MAINTENANCE WORKER AND PART-TIME SUPERVISOR, WAS FOUND DEAD IN TH E WASHROOM OF THE PLANT AT APPROXIMATELY 9 AM ON OCTOBER 21, 1986. DEATH APPEARS TO BE OF NATURAL CAUSES. THE EMPLOYEE HAD A HISTORY OF MEDICAL PROBLEMS AND WAS UNDER A DOCTOR'S CARE. HE TOOK SEVERAL PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS. THIS COMPANY ( A PLATING OPERATION) USES NO CHEMICALS. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD NOT VISITED THE PLATING SHOP FOR AT LEAST 10 DAYS. NO AUTOPSY IS PLANNED.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 52 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
    2

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