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Inspection: 302363940 - Town Of Wheelock

Inspection Information - Office: Vt Department Of Labor - Vosha

 

Inspection Nr: 302363940
Report ID: 0155010
Date Opened: 09/22/1999

Site Address:
Town Of Wheelock
Rt. 122
Wheelock, VT 05851

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 1328, Lyndonville, VT 05851

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1611

NAICS: 0 

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: Y

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/24/1999

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 09/30/1999

Related Activity
Type Activity Nr Safety Health
Accident 102060902

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 202043915
Event: 09/20/1999
Employee dies of heart failure during physical labor

At approximately 7:45 a.m. on September 20, 1999, Employee #1 along with his supervisor, were clearing trees and brush from a secondary roadway. The supervisor was using a chain saw and was cutting brush and trees which had deposited on the roadway by a storm. Employee #1 was clearing the brush from the road and throwing it to the side. The supervisor notice Employee #1 clutching his chest as he was collapsing to the ground. Employee #1 was pronounced dead due to heart failure by an aneurysm.

Keywords: HEART, HEART ATTACK, TREE, ANEURYSM, TREE TRIMMING

Investigated Inspection
# Inspection Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 302363940 Fatality Other Truck drivers, light
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