CENTENNIAL, COLORADO—
Comcast
Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources · Myocardial infarction (heart attack)
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Comcast, 16928 E. Crestline Pl, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80015 on — Myocardial infarction (heart attack), affecting the heart.
Final narrative
An employee was digging a hole by hand to repair a cable outage when he started feeling a burning sensation in his chest and got a headache. He had been digging for approximately two hours in 81 F heat and 70% humidity. The employee went home to rest and was later hospitalized for a heart attack.
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