OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14399174
HUB MACHINE AND TOOL INC
GRAHAM, TX—
Event description
EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK WHILE WORKING ON A TRUCK
Investigation abstract
ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1984, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSTALLING A FIFTH WHEEL ON A 1984 GMC TR UCK. HE HAD TAKEN THE GROUNDING LEAD AND ATTACHED IT TO THE SKIRT OF THE TRUCK. EMPLOYEE #1 USED THE PROCEDURES THAT HE HAD LEARNED IN WELDING SCHOOL. THERE WAS NO AUTOPSY PERFORMED ON EMPLOYEE #1. THE DOCTOR STATED THAT THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS A HEART ATTACK. THERE WERE NO MARKS ON THE BODY. THE WELDER, MADE BY NATIONA L CYLINDER GAS COMPANY, WAS CHECKED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE LEADS HAD BEE N REPLACED ONLY ONE MONTH BEFORE. A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER CHECKED THE WELDER. HE STATED THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO MALFUNCTION OF THE WELDER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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