OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14424006
HEART,UNCONSCIOUSNESS,ARTERY,CIRCULATORY BLOCKAGE,HIGH TEMPERATURE
Event description
Employee dies of coronary artery blockage in 100 degree heat
Investigation abstract
On June 22, 1988, Employee #1, a paint repairman for the Chrysler Corporation, w no written heat stress program, but utilized a verbal heat stress index. as doing light repair work, which consisted of hand sanding work marks and paint defects and occasionally repairing loose gas doors on the east end of the B san d booth, department 9130, Bay L-34. Approximately 45 minutes after the start of the second shift, Employee #1 slumped over unconscious and fell across the line. He was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Joseph's Hospital in Kirkwood, MI, at 5:53 a.m. The autopsy report cited blocked coronary arteries as the cause of dea th. Ambient conditions at 4 p.m. at Lambert field, according to the National Wea ther Service, were 100 degrees F with 26 percent relative humidity. Chrysler had
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 16
- Environmental factor
- 11
- Hazardous substance
- 8320
- Task assigned
- 1
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