OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #997361
VISTEON AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS
INDIANAPOLIS, IN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE DIED AT WORK FROM NATURAL CAUSES
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 2 AM ON FEBRUARY 25, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1, A GREENLEE JOBSETTER, W AS RELIEVED OF HIS DUTIES BECAUSE HE WAS UNABLE TO PROPERLY OPERATE A VISE GRIP APPARATUS IN SECTION X/2 AT THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO HAD JUST R ETURNED TO WORK FROM SICK LEAVE, COMPLAINED ABOUT SHORTNESS OF BREATH. HE WAS TO LD TO GO RELAX SOMEWHERE. TWO HOURS LATER ANOTHER EMPLOYEE NOTICED THAT EMPLOYEE #1 HAD NOT MOVED IN SOME TIME. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, INCLUDING USE OF CPR, WERE MAD E TO REVIVE EMPLOYEE #1, BUT TO NO AVAIL. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD A MEDICAL HISTORY WHIC H INCLUDED HYPERTENSION AND DIABETES MIELLITUS.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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