OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #966663
CASA DE MANANA RETIREMENT CENTER
LA JOLLA, CA·
Event description
Employee dies after suffering slight stroke
Investigation abstract
On August 8, 1987, Employee #1, age 72, fell at work and struck his head. About an hour later, a coworker noticed that he did not look well. She called the nurs e who, in turn, called paramedics. By this time, Employee #1 was in a semiconsci ous state. The hospital staff diagnosed the employee as having a suffered a slig ht stroke. He was hospitalized until his death on August 24, 1987. An autopsy wa s to be performed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 72 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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