OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #827386
HEART ATTACK,LADDER,DUMPSTER
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
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#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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