OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14402481
RIO VISTA COTTON GIN CO., INC.
ALAMO, TX·
Event description
EMPLOYEE SUFFERED HEART ATTACK, FELL AND HIT HEAD
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING ALONE AT NIGHT, MAKING SURE THAT COTTON WAS BEING LOADED . HE SUDDENLY DROPPED INTO A TRAILER AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON AN ANGLE IRON. HE AP PARENTLY SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK, AS THE CORONER REPORT STATES THAT HEART DISEAS E WAS THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF DEATH. THE EMPLOYEE WORKED AT THE RIO VISTA COTTON GI N CO., ALAMO, TEXAS.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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