OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14499164
LEASE-A-DRIVER CORPORATION,PENNWALT CORP
HOUSTON, TX·
Event description
Truck driver dies of heart attack
Investigation abstract
Between approximately 8:00 and 8:30 p.m. on December 27, 1988, Employee #1, a tr uck driver, parked his truck and disconnected an empty trailer that had containe d dimethyl sulfide (DMS). After placing the tractor's gear shift in low to drive away, he suffered a fatal heart attack. At approximately 9:00 p.m., he was disc overed slumped over in the cab. Employee #1 was pronounced dead by the medical e xaminer at approximately 10:36 p.m.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 48 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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