OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14494678
HEART,CPR,HEART ATTACK,EQUIPMENT OPERATOR,CONSTRUCTION,EARTHMOVING EQUIP
Event description
Employee dies of heart attack while operating scraper
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was operating a Caterpillar G-12 blade scraper at a construction sit e. The scraper came to a stop in a drainage ditch, with Employee #1 slumped over the steering wheel. Coworkers found no vital signs and CPR was performed, but E mployee #1 could not be revived. He died of a heart attack.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 63 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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