OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14512636
TCI GENERAL CONTRACTORS, INC.
LA CROSSE, WI·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE DIED OF CARDIAC ARREST
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 HAD JUST FINISHED HIS LUNCH BREAK AND WAS CLEANING UP AROUND SOME FO GOOD HE FELT AND GESTURED ABOUT FEELING GOOD. OTINGS WHEN HE SUFFERED A FATAL HEART ATTACK. HE WAS A LABORER, AND HAD BEEN DIR ECTED TO STRIP SOME FORMS OFF THE FOOTINGS, REMOVE AND PILE THE LUMBER AND REMOV E THE HAY WHICH HAD BEEN USED FOR INSULATION. THE MOST STRENUOUS WORK MENTIONED IN THE WITNESSES' STATEMENTS WAS THROWING SOME OF THE FORMS (FABRICATED OF 2 X 4 'S AND PLYWOOD) ACROSS A TRENCH. THE FORMS VARIED IN SIZE, WITH THE LARGEST ESTI MATED AT 2.5 BY 8 INCHES, WEIGHING ABOUT 60 POUNDS. THERE WERE NOT MANY OF THESE FORMS, HOWEVER. CO-WORKERS MADE NO MENTION OF EMPLOYEE #1'S OVEREXERTING HIMSEL F. WITNESSES MADE REFERENCE TO EMPLOYEE #1'S BEHAVIOR, IN THAT HE EXCLAIMED HOW
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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