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Accident: 101777.015 - Employee Experiences Cardiac Attack And Dies

**Accident: 101777.015 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 12/27/2017**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1285247.015	12/28/2017		James Thomas

At 11:17 a.m. on December 27, 2017, an employee was sitting at the end of the dr op table, calculating the amount of materials to order. The employee suffered a cardiac attack which caused the employee to fall backwards from a sitting posit ion and strike his head on the cement. The employee experienced a thoracoabdomi nal aortic dissection due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease and died.

Keywords: cardiac arrest, cardiovasc disease, concrete, head, heart, heart attack, struck against

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1285247.015	60	M	Fatality		Construction trades, n.e.c.	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Interior carpentry FatCause:

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