EMPLOYEE COLLASPED OF AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK WHILE AT WORK. EMPLOYEE HAD HISTORY OF HEART PROBLEMS AND NO OUT OF THE ORIDNARY WORK WAS PERFORMED PRIOR TO THE COLLAPSE. EMPLOYEE DIED IN THE E MERGENCY ROOM AT DOCTORS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN POPLAR BLUFF.
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Showing all 4LOADING HAY IN COMPANY VEHICLE TO BE USED FOR ERROSION PURPOSES ON SEDIMENT POND UNDER CONSTRUCTION. DISTURBED WRASP NEST IN A FELLOW EMPLOYEE BARN WHEN BECAME STING ON LEFT WRIST.
WHILE OPERATING A WALDON FRONT END LOADER,CLEANING UP DIRT IN SCREENING PLANT,THE WIND BLEW SOME DIRT OFF OF THE FRAME OF THE SCRENING MACHINE HE WAS GOING UNDER,DIRT WENT IN AROUND THE SAFETY GLASSES HE WAS WEARING AND INTO HIS LEFT EYE HE WASHED OUT HIS EYE RIGHT THEN,IT STARTED HURTING THE NEXT DAY AND HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AFTERNOON JUNE 15,1988.
THE EE WAS CLEA3ING UP AROUND THE CRUSHERS/SCREENS WITH A WALDON #5000 FRONT END LOADER 3/4 YARD BUCKET.THE WIND WAS BLOWING & HE GOT SOME AIR-BORNE DUST/SAND IN HIS LEFT EYE.