OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14491583
HEART,HEART ATTACK,MANUAL MAT HANDLING
Event description
Employee suffers a heart attack and dies
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and two coworkers were manually lifting a 250 lb I-beam that was to be installed as part of an overhead rail system. While Employee #1 was holding o ne end, he experienced chest pains and thought he had strained a chest muscle. H e went to the clinic, where he suffered a massive heart attack and died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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