OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14471569
CENTRAL PATHOLOGY REGIONAL LABS
CHICAGO, IL·
Event description
EMPLOYEE DIED FROM HIV COMPLICATIONS
Investigation abstract
On May 6, 1989, Employee #1 died from complications associated with acquired imm une deficiency syndrome. Employee #1 had been employed at a pathology laboratory as a custodian. Employee #1's last day of employment was May 23, 1986. Employee #1's death was not caused by occupational exposure. Employee #1 had a clear his tory of other high-risk factors.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 Male
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- BODYSYSTEM (4)
- Accident type
- OTHER (14)
- Source of injury
- BIOLOGICAL AGENT (48)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- INSUFF/LACK/EXPOS/BIOLOGCL MNTRG. (16)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.