OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221381593
149825 - ROWAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC.
SALISBURY, NC·
Event description
Employee with COVID-19 infection dies
Investigation abstract
An employee was working as a patient access specialist in a healthcare facility when he was exposed to COVID-19 while performing check-in and registration which involved direct patient contact. The employee checked-in and registered patients known to be positive for COVID-19 on July 17-20, 2021. The employee tested positive for COVID-19 on July 23, 2021 and died from COVID-19 related pneumonia on August 2, 2021.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 74 F
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 999
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