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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221604218

VAN DYK AG PROPERTIES

Event
Drug Overdose
NAICS
111219
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#347007437
Employer profile
VAN DYK AG PROPERTIES
Summary number
221604218
Report ID
0552652

Event description

Employee dies of drug overdose

Investigation abstract

At 12:05 p.m. on September 25, 2023, an employee was cutting lettuce at the stalk to load onto a processing platform. The employee had returned from a morning break 15 minutes earlier. The employee had not complained of feeling ill, injured or otherwise unhealthy. The employee unexpectedly collapsed while cutting lettuce. The employee was killed due to a drug overdose (methamphetamine).

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 34 M

    Event type
    12
    Occupation code
    479

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