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Myocardial infarction (heart attack)

1 hospitalization · 2022087435 · 8/22/2022 · Comcast

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Heart
Nature of injury
Myocardial infarction (heart attack)

Cause

Event
Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources
Source
Digging handtools-nonpowered, unspecified

Employer

Name
Comcast
Location
16928 E. Crestline Pl, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, 80015
NAICS
517311
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was digging a hole by hand to repair a cable outage when he started feeling a burning sensation in his chest and got a headache. He had been digging for approximately two hours in 81 F heat and 70% humidity. The employee went home to rest and was later hospitalized for a heart attack.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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