Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 142839.015 - Employee Collapses While Moving Boxes And Later Dies

**Accident: 142839.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 01/15/2022**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1573169.015	01/18/2022		Sonoco Products Company

At 8:30 p.m. on January 15, 2022, an employee was moving boxes on and around a c onveyor system indoors at a plastic container extrusion manufacturing plant. The employee began to feel ill and collapsed at the worksite. The employer contacte d emergency medical services, and the employee was transported to a local hospit al. The employee died on January 17, 2022, due to cardiac arrest.

Keywords: cardiac arrest, conveyor, heart attack, material handling

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1573169.015	55	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction

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