OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14387583
CALCO PLATING
CHICAGO, IL·
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
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#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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