OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14510606
HEART,LONGSHORING,CPR,CARDIOVASC DISEASE
Event description
Employee dies from cardiovascular disease
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 had been driving small pickup trucks off the MV Queen Opal on a 4-mi nute turnaround when coworkers found him slumped in a truck, breathing laborious ly. The coworkers removed Employee #1 from the ship and called the Seattle Fire Department's emergency medical aid car. Attempts to revive Employee #1 through C PR were unsuccessful and he died. The medical examiner's report stated that his death was caused by natural causes, specifically arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Coworkers complained of carbon monoxide, but no tests were made at the time of the incident.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 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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