OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #976316
OWREN KIRKLEN AND SONS INC
MUNCIE, IN·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER DIED OF HEART ATTACK AT WORK
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 1:30 PM ON JUNE 13, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DOING DEMOLITION WORK ATOP A 14 FOOT, 8 INCH HIGH BLOCK WALL. HE SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK AND FELL TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR. RESPONDING MEDICAL PERSONNEL TREATED HIM AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. HE DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 66 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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