OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #851188
HEART ATTACK
Event description
EMPLOYEE DIED OF UNKNOWN CAUSE; POSSIBLE HEART ATTACK
Investigation abstract
ON APRIL 5, 1988, AT APPROXIMATELY 5:45 AM, EMPLOYEE 1 WAS DISCOVERED LYING ON T HE FLOOR OF THE PRODUCTION AREA. HE HAD BEEN PREPARING PISTON RINGS FOR A CHROME -PLATING PROCESS. THE PRELIMINARY AUTOPSY REPORT INDICATED THAT THE CAUSE OF DEA TH WAS A CONSTRICTED HEART VESSEL WHICH HAD DEPRIVED PART OF THE HEART OF ITS BL OOD FLOW. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE INDICATING THAT THE FATALITY WAS WORK RELATED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 723
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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