OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #740167
HEART,CPR,HEART ATTACK,SAWMILL,HIGH TEMPERATURE
Event description
Sawmill employee dies of heart attack
Investigation abstract
On July 18, 1988, Employee #1 started work at Diamond Lands Corporation sawmill, did not detect a heart condition. The county coroner stated that it is very dif ficult to detect heart conditions during a physical, even with a stress EKG. Emp loyee #1 had worked at other sawmills doing the same job, and had been employed at Louisiana Pacific's sawmill for approximately ten years. Red Bluff, CA. He had been unemployed for several years and this was his first day at work. He started pulling lumber from the planer chain at 4:00 p.m. and co llapsed after 1 hour 25 minutes of strenuous labor. Several coworkers performed CPR on Employee #1, without success. An ambulance arrived at approximately 5:40 p.m. and he was pronounced dead. Diamond Lands Corporation schedules 10 minute b reaks every two hours and Employee #1 was 35 minutes away from his first break. It was approximately 115 degrees Fahrenheit at the time and it may have been up to 5 degrees warmer in the sawmill. He had had a pre-appointment physical, which
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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