OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14388185
CPR,HEART ATTACK,TREE,ELEC UTILITY WORK,TREE TRIMMING
Event description
EMPLOYEE SUFFERED HEART ATTACK WHILE TRIMMING TREES
Investigation abstract
An employee was working in a line-clearance tree-trimming operation. He had work ed in the morning cutting large limbs from a cottonwood tree. After lunch, he cl imbed to the top of the tree and belted off. After some time, fellow employees n oticed that he was slumped over. They rescued him with an aerial lift belonging to an electric utility. The injured employee was unconscious and cyanotic. He ha d suffered a heart attack. An emergency medical services team treated him at the scene and transported him to a hospital. He remained in the hospital unconsciou s for 10 days before dying.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 495
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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