Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200994275 - Employee Dies of Head Injuries Due to Possible Heart Failure

Accident Summary Nr: 200994275 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 02/26/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309724011	02/27/2007	8211	611110	Merrillville Community School Corp

Abstract: At approximately 7:45 a.m. Employee #1 was stocking shelves in the kitchen cooler with delivered groceries for the school cafeteria. Employee #1 came out of the cooler to ask the kitchen manager a question on stocking and returned to the cooler. Approximately five minutes later the manager returned to the cooler and found Employee #1 lying face up with head injuries. The manager tried to shake Employee #1 and got no response. The manager called for the school nurse and others arrived with a heart automated external defibrillator to shock Employee #1 and got no response. Emergency services arrived on the scene and tried to revive Employee #1. The emergency services personnel shocked Employee #1 six times with no response. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital and shocked another three times with no response and was pronounced dead. Employee #1 died of head injury due to possible heart failure.

Keywords: CARDIOVASC SYSTEM, HEART, HEAD, HEART ATTACK, CARDIOVASC DISEASE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309724011			Fatality	Other	Laborers, except construction

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