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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #765578

I B M CORPORATION

Event
HEART, HEART ATTACK
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#100009950
Employer profile
I B M CORPORATION
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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