OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #950642
COLLAPSE,CPR,HEART ATTACK,CONSTRUCTION
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 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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