OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221500473

TRIPLE A PAINTING CONTRACTORS, LLC

HUTTO, TX— 2022-09-20T00:00:00

Event: Drug Overdose, Heart, Heart Attack, Intoxicated, Ladder, Paint, Painter, Rupture, Unconsciousness
NAICS: 238320
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346252596
Employer profile: TRIPLE A PAINTING CONTRACTORS, LLC
Summary number: 221500473
Report ID: 0625400
Project type: B
Construction end-use: B

Event description

Employee incurs heart attack and dies while painting

Investigation abstract

At 4:00 p.m. on September 20, 2022, an employee was assisting a coworker with painting by gathering materials and positioning and holding the ladder when he sat down on the ground, fell over, and become unconscious. The employee died due to a ruptured artery hemopericardium due to a ruptured acute aortic dissection and was found to be intoxicated with methamphetamine.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 44 M

Event type
12

Occupation code
579

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