OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221454838
ALYESKA SEAFOODS, INC.
UNALASKA, AK·
Event description
Employee dies of natural causes after slipping and falling
Investigation abstract
At 11:45 p.m. on March 3, 2022, an employee was working as a fisher for a firm Harbor to Anchorage and admitted into an ICU. She was then placed on a ventilator. Her condition continued to deteriorate, and she was declared dead at 12:57 p.m. on March 6, 2022. She died of natural causes. Her initial injury was trauma from the fall; with lumbar region back trauma, a tender sacrum/coccyx, spasms, and high blood pressure. Her fatality was ruled a natural death by the Alaska state medical examiner's office. This was not an OSHA-covered fatality. that processed fresh and frozen seafood. She was walking across an improved road from the firm's galley to the firm's Surimi processing plant after lunch, when she fell, onto a concrete surface. There were no witnesses to the incident. She was found shortly thereafter, and an ambulance was called. She was taken to a clinic for evaluation, where she gave a statement about her fall. She was sent to her room with medication and a follow-up appointment set for the following morning at 11:00 a.m. Her condition worsened through the night. Her roommate called the clinic requesting a reevaluation. The employee was flown from Dutch
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 F
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 498
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