Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170747422 - Employee dies of apparent heart attack after fighting fire

Accident Summary Nr: 170747422 -- Report ID: 0253690 -- Event Date: 05/09/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300730025	05/11/1998	9224	0	S W Johnson Sfe Co 1

Abstract: Employee #1 was part of a five-man firefighting crew that had just finished responding to an apartment building fire. As part of their overhaul and cleanup routine, the crew began to rewind hoses and Employee #1 cleaned and dried the pump gauges and panel on their tower truck. The next time the coworkers saw Employee #1, he was lying on the pavement between the truck and the curb. He was taken by ambulance to Good Samaritan Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:05 p.m. on May 9, 1998. He died of an apparent heart attack.

Keywords: CARDIOVASC SYSTEM, FIREFIGHTER, HEART, MAINTENANCE, HEART ATTACK, CLEANING, FIRE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300730025			Fatality	Other	Firefighting occupations

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