OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221378359
EAST ORANGE FIRE DEPARTMENT
EAST ORANGE, NJ·
Event description
Employee with COVID-19 infection dies
Investigation abstract
An employee was working as a firefighter captain for a city fire department when he was exposed to members of the public infected with COVID-19. The employee contracted COVID-19 and died due to complications of the disease on July 8, 2021.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 57 M
- Event type
- 8
- Occupation code
- 417
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