OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221388655
TN LABOR & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT - WORKPLACE REGULATIONS & COMPLIANCE
KNOXVILLE, TN·
Event description
Employee with COVID-19 infection dies
Investigation abstract
An employee was working for a state workplace investigation and compliance department and went to a worksite to inspect an elevator with a coworker. The employees met with a sub-contractor onsite who it turned out was infected with COVID-19. The employee contracted COVID-19 and subsequently died from his infection at 5:00 p.m. on August 21, 2021.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 61 M
- Event type
- 12
- Occupation code
- 36
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