Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at HMS Host, LaGuardia Airport, FLUSHING, NEW YORK 11371
on — Myocardial infarction (heart attack), affecting the heart.
Final narrative
An employee was delivering milk to a store in the airport and collapsed. The employee was hospitalized with a heart attack.
HospitalizedHeartBodily conditions of injured, ill worker
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An employee had been stripping foundation form work. The employee was in the break area when he got up to get a drink of water and collapsed due to a heart attack.
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