Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 146313.015 - Employee Dies From Cardiovascular Disease

Accident Summary Nr: 146313.015 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 05/17/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1596764.015	05/18/2022		238160	Howard Roofing Company, Incorporated

Abstract: At 3:25 p.m. on May 17, 2022, an employee was reroofing a multifamily residential complex as part of a work crew. The employee and a coworker were nailing a sheet of plywood to the roof when the employee collapsed and became unresponsive. The employee was transported to the Los Alamitos Medical Center where he died from cardiac arrest. The coroner's report stated that the cause of death was occlusion of the left and right coronary arteries due to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

Keywords: Cardiovasc Disease, Heart, Natural Causes, Residential Construction, Roof, Roofer, Unresponsive

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Maintenance or repair			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1596764.015	43	M	Fatality		Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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