Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221599517

EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY, INC.

Event
CPR, Edger, Heart Attack, Natural Causes, Preexisting Condition, Seizure, Truck, Underlying Medical Condition, Unresponsive
NAICS
611310
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#346965056
Employer profile
EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY, INC.
Summary number
221599517
Report ID
0419700

Event description

Employee dies of possible heart attack

Investigation abstract

Ay 8:50 a.m. on September 7, 2023, an employee was working with an edger at the i.e., preexisting condition. university's soccer field. Breaktime started, and the employee entered a work truck to sit and get into the air-conditioning with his team. The employee was sitting in the rear passenger side seat, talking with his team members. One of the workers noticed that the employee started to hyperventilate, tremble and shake. It then appeared that he was having a seizure. His teammates carried him out of the truck. He became unresponsive, CPR was started. An AED was grabbed nearby and was used. EMS arrived and took over CPR. The employee was transported to the hospital, where he was declared dead due to a possible heart attack,

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 55 M

    Event type
    12
    Occupation code
    486

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