Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221428394

SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY

Event
Cardiac Arrest, Conveyor, Heart Attack, Material Handling
NAICS
424130
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345731699
Employer profile
SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY
Summary number
221428394
Report ID
0950625

Event description

Employee collapses while moving boxes and later dies

Investigation abstract

At 8:30 p.m. on January 15, 2022, an employee was moving boxes on and around a conveyor system indoors at a plastic container extrusion manufacturing plant. The employee began to feel ill and collapsed at the worksite. The employer contacted emergency medical services, and the employee was transported to a local hospital. The employee died on January 17, 2022, due to cardiac arrest.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 55 M

    Event type
    8
    Occupation code
    889

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