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Accident Summary Nr: 968073 - EMPLOYEE DIED OF POSSIBLE DRUG OVERDOSE

Accident Summary Nr: 968073 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 10/01/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2955847	10/07/1987	2434	0	Nevada Home Construction

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSTALLING A 2 BY 4 PIECE OF LUMBER ON A WALL AS PART OF A SHELF. HE WAS STANDING ON THE SECOND STEP OF A 3 FOOT STEPLADDER. HE TOLD A COWORKER THAT HE FELT DIZZY, THEN FELL OFF THE STEP TO THE FLOOR. HE GOT UP, IMMEDIATELY SAID HE WAS OK, THEN COLLAPSED AGAIN. ALTHOUGH EMPLOYEE #1 DIED AFTER A FALL, IT IS NOT BELIEVED THAT THE FALL WAS THE CAUSE OF DEATH. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS A SUSPECTED USER OF COCAINE, AND IT IS THEORIZED THAT HE DIED OF AN OVERDOSE OF THAT DRUG. A TOXICOLOGY REPORT WHICH WOULD CONFIRM OR REFUTE THAT THEORY WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.

Keywords: DRUG OVERDOSE, DIZZINESS, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2955847			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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