OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221383250
VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS
BLACKSTONE, VA·
Event description
Employee with COVID-19 infection dies
Investigation abstract
An employee was working as a laborer for a state's department of military affairs. He was a Trade Tech III employee. He worked in a civilian support position for a state's national guard. He performed maintenance duties on military barracks, such as disinfecting barracks for COVID-19 between occupation of the barracks by transient units. On July 28, 2021, the employee started to feel unwell. He left work early. On August 3, 2021, he drove himself to the hospital, where he tested positive for COVID-19. He was medevaced to a nearby medical school hospital, and he was hospitalized on the same day. He remained in the hospital until he died of COVID-19, at 2:30 a.m. on August 19, 2021.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Event type
- 12
- Occupation code
- 889
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