TAMUNING, GUAM—2019-11-06

ISLAND ROOFING CO.

Climbing or stepping up or down-repetitive or prolonged · Myocardial infarction (heart attack)

Final narrative

An employee was just getting ready to start work for the day. To get to the roof, the employee needed to climb up several flights of stairs and a ladder. After climbing the stairs and ladder, the employee felt dizzy. He sat down and then became unconscious. He was hospitalized with a heart attack.

Hospitalized Heart Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker

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