Incident date: 2021-08-02
NAICS industry code: 221210

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.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources
code_source: title: Shovels
code_nature: title: Myocardial infarction (heart attack)
code_body: title: Heart
severity: moderate