OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221369374
HYPONEX CORPORATION
WAVERLY, VA·
Event description
Employee is killed from heart attack
Investigation abstract
At 02:20 p.m. on July 06, 2021, an employee was working outside in approximately 92 degree F weather in an open field on a portable screener, which screens and sorts the mulch chips by size, when he began to feel ill. The employee took a break in the truck, and was found a few minutes later unresponsive. The employee was transported to the hospital and ultimately died. The cause of death was initially believed to be related to heat stress; however, an investigation determined it was from an acute coronary insufficiency, also known as a heart attack, and not related to heat stress.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 54 M
- Event type
- 12
- Occupation code
- 779
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