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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #827386

HEART ATTACK,LADDER,DUMPSTER

Event
HEART ATTACK,LADDER,DUMPSTER
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
827386
Report ID
751910

Event description

EMPLOYEE SUFFERS FATAL HEART ATTACK OR SEIZURE

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was taking trash to a dumpster in the alley behind his place of empl oyment. He was used a ladder to access the inside of the dumpster to move some t rash bags around. Employee #1 was either on the ladder or on the edge of the dum pster when he suffered a fatal heart attack or a brain seizure, and fell inside the dumpster.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 40 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    31
    Event type
    12
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    453
    Human factor
    7
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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