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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #765578

HEART,HEART ATTACK

Event
HEART,HEART ATTACK
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
765578
Report ID
931400

Event description

Employee dies of heart attack

Investigation abstract

At approximately 11.00 a.m. on August 6, 1987, Employee #1, a sales engineer for IBM, was walking across a parking lot of the UCLA campus when he collapsed and died from an apparent heart attack.

Victim

  1. #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
    Task assigned
    1

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