OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14521066
COLLAPSE,STORAGE TANK,PUMP,SEWAGE,TANK
Event description
EMPLOYEE DIED FROM HEART ATTACK
Investigation abstract
On November 21, 1989, Employee #1 was a member of a four-man crew, which was ass contribution from the unusual work environment. igned to remove a pump from a sewage waste storage tank. In the morning, the cre w removed one pump, repaired its agitator, and replaced it. After lunch they beg an removing the second motor. While holding the slack power cable, Employee #1 c ollapsed from unknown cause. Employee #1 had been working near the open waste ta nk when he collapsed. None of the other employees were affected, nor noticed any thing unusual. Preliminary examination by the coroner's office could not determi ne a cause of Employee #1's death, thus a prompt OSHA inspection was conducted. Subsequent examination attributed Employee #1's death to natural causes, without
Victim
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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