OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221693161

GRAND RIVER RUBBER & PLASTICS COMPANY

ASHTABULA, OH— 2024-08-05T00:00:00

Event: Break, Cardiac Arrest, Cardiovasc Disease, Cardiovasc System, Heart, Heart Attack, Lost consciousness, Machine operator, Medical Condition, Medical History, Respiratory Tract, Rubber, Table, Unconsciousness, Underlying Medical Condition, Unresponsive
NAICS: 339991
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347692394
Employer profile: GRAND RIVER RUBBER & PLASTICS COMPANY
Summary number: 221693161
Report ID: 0522300

Event description

Employee dies from cardiac arrest after found unresponsive

Investigation abstract

At 3:15 a.m. on August 5, 2024, an employee working for a rubber parts manufacturer was working on the cut-to-length line. The employee was helping to pull sheets of rubber parts out of the vulcanizers and onto a cooling table. The employee's coworkers were on break at the time. Coworkers found the employee unresponsive laying on a pile of warm sheets of rubber parts on the cooling table. The employee had died from cardiac arrest.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 58 M

Event type
12

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