OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #950642
J. DREYER EXCAVATING
FRANCONIA, VA·
Event description
Employee dies from heart attack on construction site
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2:15 p.m. on March 23, 1989, Employee #1 was placing drain tile s along the foundation of a townhouse. The company owner came over to where he w as working and found him slumped on the ground. Employee #1's brother, who had b een working nearby, began CPR while the owner went to call the rescue squad. An autopsy revealed heart failure as the cause of death.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 Male
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- OTHBODYSYS (31)
- Accident type
- CARD-VASC/RESP FAIL. (12)
- Source of injury
- OTHER (43)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- OTHER (14)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.