Multiple types of exertions and bodily reactions · Myocardial infarction (heart attack)
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Lockheed Martin Corporation, Cape Canaveral Air Force Base, CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA 32920
on — Myocardial infarction (heart attack), affecting the heart.
Final narrative
An employee was hospitalized after showing signs of a possible heart attack while completing a work-related treadmill stress test to keep his SCAPE certification.
HospitalizedHeartBodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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