OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14538433
HEART ATTACK
Event description
EMPLOYEE SUFFERED HEART ATTACK; NOT WORK RELATED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 APPARENTLY RETURNED TO THE WORKSITE DURING THE EVENING OF FEBRUARY 7 , 1985 (ON HIS OWN) AND BEGAN TO PROCESS UNDEVELOPED FILM FOR SILVER RECLAMATION . HE THEN WENT TO A NEARBY AREA AND LAID DOWN AGAINST A LARGE SCALE. HE WAS FOUN D IN THAT POSITION THE NEXT MORNING BY HIS SUPERVISOR. NO ONE ELSE WAS AT THE WO RKSITE WHEN THE DEATH OCCURRED. AIR SAMPLES TAKEN DURING THE UNDEVELOPED FILM PR OCESSING FAILED TO INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF ANY CHEMICALS WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF DEATH. THE AUTOPSY REPORT INDICATED THAT THE EMPLOYEE DIED OF CARDI AC ARRHYTHMIA. THE DEATH WAS PROBABLY NOT WORK RELATED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 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
- 2
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