Accident Report Detail
Accident: 170242572 - Employee Dies Of Cardiac Arrest
Accident: 170242572 -- Report ID: 1055330 -- Event Date: 09/16/1994 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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115466401 | 09/20/1994 | 5021 | Tony Grout Design Dba Old Cannery Furniture Wareho | ||||
Employee #1 was on his first day of work and had been on the job only half an hour. His supervisor had just completed employee orientation and had Employee #1 wait by the loading dock for the warehouse supervisor. Employee #1 saw a coworker in a moving van unloading boxes, so he helped by taking out the furniture and breaking down the boxes. A few minutes later, Employee #1 and the coworker started to move a new headboard across the room. After moving it 20 feet, Employee #1 collapsed on the floor and died moments later of cardiac arrest. He was on medication for a heart condition. The cause of death was bursting of the lower left ventricle. | |||||||
Keywords:
heart, ventricle, rupture, cardiac arrest, manual mat handling, off loading
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 115466401 | Fatality | Other | Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings |