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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #903906

HEART,HEART ATTACK

Event
HEART,HEART ATTACK
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
903906
Report ID
551800

Event description

EMPLOYEE DIES FROM CORONARY HEART DISEASE

Investigation abstract

On March 21, 1990, Employee #1 was dispatched to work at Norwell High School in Ossian, IN. He was found later in the evening laying face down near a roof exit door. Emergency services were called and the Wells Sheriff Department, Ossian EM S, Bluffton Fire Departments, and Wells County Coroner responded. Electrocution was originally suspected, however the results of an autopsy indicated that Emplo yee #1 died of coronary heart disease.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 31 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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