OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #968073
NEVADA HOME CONSTRUCTION
LAS VEGAS, NV·
Event description
EMPLOYEE DIED OF POSSIBLE DRUG OVERDOSE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSTALLING A 2 BY 4 PIECE OF LUMBER ON A WALL AS PART OF A SHELF . HE WAS STANDING ON THE SECOND STEP OF A 3 FOOT STEPLADDER. HE TOLD A COWORKER THAT HE FELT DIZZY, THEN FELL OFF THE STEP TO THE FLOOR. HE GOT UP, IMMEDIATELY SAID HE WAS OK, THEN COLLAPSED AGAIN. ALTHOUGH EMPLOYEE #1 DIED AFTER A FALL, IT IS NOT BELIEVED THAT THE FALL WAS THE CAUSE OF DEATH. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS A SUSPECT ED USER OF COCAINE, AND IT IS THEORIZED THAT HE DIED OF AN OVERDOSE OF THAT DRUG . A TOXICOLOGY REPORT WHICH WOULD CONFIRM OR REFUTE THAT THEORY WAS NOT AVAILABL E AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 13
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
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