Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170110084 - Employee dies of cardiac arrest

Accident Summary Nr: 170110084 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 06/11/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107533564	06/11/1991	1711	0	Thomas O'Connor & Company, Incorporated
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107533572	06/11/1991	4953	0	Bechtel Corporation

Abstract: Two millwrights had removed the gate valves from the #2 boiler to the fly ash conveyor and were cleaning debris from the valves prior to reinstallation. Employee #1 was sitting on a mobile scaffold 81 inches above ground, when his partner noticed that he had collapsed. Employee #1 was dead on arrival at Toby Hospital. An autopsy concluded that he died of a hypertrophic cardiomyopathy due to natural causes.

Keywords: HEART, CONSTRUCTION, CARDIAC ARREST, MILLWRIGHT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107533564			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported
2	107533572					Occupation Not Listed

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