OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221506751
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
RIVERSIDE, CA—
Event description
Employee Dies From Cardiac Arrest
Investigation abstract
At 2:15 p.m. on October 19, 2022, an employee was traveling between work crews to hypertensive hypertrophic heart disease. as a landscape supervisor for the County of Riverside, CA. The employee's duties were to drive around and check on multiple landscaping crews. At the community center, the employee exited his truck and began talking to a coworker when he collapsed. The coworker called 911 and immediately began performing CPR until the paramedics arrived. The paramedics continued performing CPR in the ambulance as the employee was transported to the hospital. Despite multiple life saving measures at the hospital, the employee was pronounced dead approximately 30 minutes after arrival. The cause of death was determined as cardiac arrest due
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Event type
- 12
- Occupation code
- 889
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