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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14473441

HEART ATTACK,WELDER,SCAFFOLD

Event
HEART ATTACK,WELDER,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14473441
Report ID
521400

Event description

WELDER COLLAPSED AND DIED FROM HEART FAILURE

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a welder, collapsed after climbing up a ladder to the scaffold plat form. When he reached the scaffold platform, he apparently suffered from a massi ve heart failure, which caused him to roll off the scaffold and fall 40 feet to his death. He also had heart disease.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 58 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    31
    Event type
    12
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    599
    Human factor
    8
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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