OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221428394
SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY
EXETER, CA·
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
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#1 Fatality Age 55 M
- Event type
- 8
- Occupation code
- 889
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