OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #690396
KRAUS ANDERSON CONST. CO.
SHAKOPEE, MN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE DIED OF HEART ATTACK
Investigation abstract
ON FEBRUARY 14, 1986, AT APPROXIMATELY 2:15 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TALKING TO HIS F OREMAN. THE FOREMAN TURNED TOWARDS EMPLOYEE #1 AND SAW HIM ON THE GROUND. AT THI S POINT IT APPEARED THAT EMPLOYEE #1 HAD TRIPPED, HIT HIS HEAD ON THE CONCRETE F OOTING AND WENT INTO CONVULSIONS. HOWEVER, THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S REPORT STATED THAT CAUSE OF DEATH WAS NATURAL, AND NOT WORK RELATED. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS CA RDIAC ARREST CAUSED BY LONG TERM HARDENING OF THE ARTERIES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 52 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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