OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14386007
GUST K NEWBERG CONSTRUCTION CO
BRAIDWOOD, IL—
Event description
Employee dies of heart attack
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was performing cleanup work in a cablepan during the night shift. He l infarction. was working on a duct over the entrance to a valve room, cleaning debris off wi th a broom. He was alone in the room, but the foreman came around periodically t o check on him. The foreman made a check and when he returned about 20 minutes l ater he called out to Employee #1 but got no response. He then found Employee #1 slumped in a partial sitting position on the duct. The foreman was unable to fi nd a pulse. Employee #1 was pronounced dead at the scene and was not taken to th e hospital. He had a history of heart disease and was believed to have died of n atural causes. The coroner verified that Employee #1 died of a massive myocardia
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 61 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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