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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14409940

HEART ATTACK

Event
HEART ATTACK
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14409940
Report ID
626600

Event description

EMPLOYEE DIED OF HEART ATTACK WHILE ON THE JOB

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 COLLAPSED AND DIED AFTER SITTING AT A DESK IN THE CONTROL ROOM FOR A BOUT AN HOUR. HE SHOWED NO SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS, AND MADE NO COMPLAINTS, BEFORE HE COLLAPSED. THE CORONER, WHO WAS UNSURE AS TO THE CAUSE OF DEATH, RULED THAT THE EMPLOYEE DIED OF "NATURAL CAUSES."

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 33 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    31
    Event type
    12
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    7
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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