Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221593106

THE VONS COMPANIES, INC.

Event
Aisle, Grocery Store, Heart Attack, Loss of consciousness, Natural Causes, Seizure
NAICS
445110
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#346933492
Employer profile
THE VONS COMPANIES, INC.
Summary number
221593106
Report ID
0950625

Event description

Employee dies of heart failure

Investigation abstract

At 8:30 a.m. on August 23, 2023, an employee was walking with a shopping cart in a grocery store aisle to check dates on food products. The employee was found by a coworker in a grocery store aisle on the ground, having a seizure and hanging onto the front base of the shopping cart he was using. The employee regained consciousness and talked with the coworker. Fresno Police Officers were in the grocery store on an unrelated call and called for EMS via radio to their dispatch. EMS arrived on scene, and the employee had another seizure while EMS was on site. The employee was transported to the hospital, where he later died of heart failure.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 51 M

    Event type
    12

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