Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221491566

COUNTY OF HENRICO - GENERAL SERVICES

Event
Artery, Cardiac Arrest, Cardiovasc System, Natural Causes, Rupture
NAICS
921190
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#346164478
Employer profile
COUNTY OF HENRICO - GENERAL SERVICES
Summary number
221491566
Report ID
0355121

Event description

Employee Dies From Aortic Rupture

Investigation abstract

At 11:35 a.m. on August 22, 2022, an employee was making a phone call from a coworker's office at a public library. The employee had just completed checking a boiler alarm system at the building. The employee stated that he was not feeling well and that he was going to pass out. The employee laid down on the floor of the office while coworkers called 9-1-1. The employee was transported to the hospital, where he later died from an aortic rupture and dissection.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 64 M

    Event type
    12
    Occupation code
    579

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