OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14443204
PHILLIPS INDUSTRIES, INC. - LASCO DIV.
HALIFAX, VA·
Event description
EMPLOYEE DIED FROM APPARENT DRUG OVERDOSE
Investigation abstract
AT 11:15 PM ON JUNE 15, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS WORKING IN THE GRINDING AND H OLE DRILLING DEPARTMENT, WAS OBSERVED TO BE UNCOORDINATED AND UNRESPONSIVE TO SP EECH BY A PASSING FORK LIFT OPERATOR. THE LIFT OPERATOR AND A SUPERVISOR TOOK EM PLOYEE #1 TO SOME STEPS OUTSIDE THE PLANT TO WAIT FOR THE RESCUE SQUAD. THE HALI FAX COUNTY RESCUE SQUAD ARRIVED AT 11:39 PM AND TRANSPORTED THE EMPLOYEE TO THE HALIFAX-SOUTH BOSTON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL. THE EMPLOYEE DIED AT 6 AM THE NEXT MORN ING. THE CAUSE OF DEATH, ACCORDING TO THE HALIFAX COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER, WAS A DRUG OVERDOSE. A URINE SAMPLE OBTAINED FROM EMPLOYEE #1 TESTED POSITIVE FOR COC AINE AND AMPHETAMINES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 709
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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