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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221508716

THE GROWERS COMPANY, INC.

Event
Blood Clot, Harvester, Harvesting, Natural Causes
NAICS
115115
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#346307002
Employer profile
THE GROWERS COMPANY, INC.
Summary number
221508716
Report ID
0950625

Event description

Employee dies of natural causes

Investigation abstract

At 7:28 a.m. on October 25, 2022, an employee was conducting pre-work stretching prior to engaging in lettuce harvesting operations that same morning. At the time of the incident, the employee had just finished his stretching exercises and had assisted moving the water container to the worksite closer to where work activities were occurring as a part of his normally assigned duties. The supervisor was in the near proximity to the ill worker and assisted him to a resting place to help him recover. According to the coroners report, the cause of death was natural, the result of a blood clot in the ill worker's lungs.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 49 M

    Event type
    12
    Occupation code
    479

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