It can strike without warning. There is no way to predict who will be affected next. It can happen regardless of how strong your safety program is. And when it does happen, it is almost always fatal.
Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) strikes 250,000 people each year in the United States. In more than 95 percent of these cases, the victim cannot be resuscitated. Its prevalence in the workplace is significant, with OSHA reporting that 13 percent of workplace deaths are the result of SCA.