Intermountain Gas Company, Inc.

Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources — Myocardial infarction (heart attack) — BOISE, Idaho

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Intermountain Gas Company, Inc. in BOISE, Idaho
Employer Intermountain Gas Company, Inc.
Address 10924 W Halstad Ct
City, State ZIP BOISE, Idaho 83713
Report ID 2021086421
Event Date August 2, 2021
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Myocardial infarction (heart attack)
Body Part Heart
Event Type Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources
Source of Injury Shovels
Secondary Source Heat-environmental
Industry (NAICS) 221210
GPS Coordinates 43.62000, -116.31000

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Incident Narrative

An employee was repairing a natural gas line leak on an extreme heat day (which entailed using a hand shovel to dig two 19- to 20-inch holes in packed soil: one hole to expose the gas line to stop the flow of gas and one to make the repair). The employee had a heart attack and was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On August 2, 2021, a worker at Intermountain Gas Company, Inc. in BOISE, Idaho suffered myocardial infarction (heart attack) to the heart. The incident was classified as multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources, with shovels identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 93 severe injury reports involving "Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources" incidents in our database. Browse all Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources injuries.

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