OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221374739
REM OHIO INC
TALLMADGE, OH·
Event description
Employee dies of heart attack due to workplace violence
Investigation abstract
At 5:45 p.m. on July 21, 2021, an employee was supervising a developmentally disabled adult in his residence when the adult became agitated and argumentative. The adult escalated the situation and began throwing items and yelling. The employee implemented the individual service plan and contacted his supervisor. The employee's supervisor responded to the work location and found the employee sitting in a chair hunched over and unresponsive. The supervisor contacted emergency services and and when they arrived they pronounced the employee dead.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 70 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 446
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