OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #607895
KAMTECH INC.
ALBANY, GA·
Event description
EMPLOYEE DIED FROM APPARENT HEART ATTACK
Investigation abstract
AT ABOUT 5:56 AM ON FEBRUARY 9, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ON HIS KNEES LOOSENING BOL TS ON THE BEARING HOUSING OF THE SEPARATION ROLL OF THE #3 KMW PAPER MACHINE. HE HAD A HEART ATTACK AND FELL FROM THE RUNWAY INTO AND THROUGH THE MACHINE, TO A PLATFORM 18 FEET BELOW. IT WAS NOT DETERMINED THAT HE HAD SUFFERED A HEART ATTAC K UNTIL FEBRUARY 19, 1987, WHEN THE CORONER RELEASED THE CAUSE OF DEATH.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 64 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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