OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221535354
LAKE HURON MEDICAL CENTER
PORT HURON, MI—
Event description
Employee dies as a result of status asthmaticus
Investigation abstract
At 4:05 a.m. on January 31, 2023, an employee finished placing cones on a helicopter landing area for a patient medivac event and and then waited in his work vehicle. The employee exited his vehicle and was found unresponsive approximately four minutes later. The employee died as a result of status asthmaticus.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 59 M
- Event type
- 12
- Occupation code
- 426
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