OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #816553
EASTERN ELECT. CONSTRUCTION CO.
BRIDGEPORT, CT·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE DIED OF HEART ATTACK
Investigation abstract
AS EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TAPING THE MAIN POWER BUS IN THE REAR OF A POWER DISCONNECT H E FELL TO THE FLOOR. A COWORKER SAID THAT HE THOUGHT THAT EMPLOYEE #1 HAD RECEIV ED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK, BUT THE MEDICAL EXAMINER RULED THAT EMPLOYEE #1 HAD DIED OF A HEART ATTACK.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 64 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 213
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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