# Myocardial infarction (heart attack) at Comcast
> OSHA SIR `2022087435` · 8/22/2022 · CENTENNIAL, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*