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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14514939

HEAD,ASPHYXIATED,SEIZURE

Event
HEAD,ASPHYXIATED,SEIZURE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14514939
Report ID
524700

Event description

ASPHYXIATION DUE TO EPILEPTIC SEIZURE

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was found dead by police in the bathtub of his apartment. The autops y report stated he died from asphyxia due to an acute epileptic seizure brought about by an obstruction of the hydrocephalus c tube from a brain ventricle to hi s jugular vein.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 21 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    25
    Event type
    14
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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