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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221389794

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Event
Infectious Disease
NAICS
622110
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345522239
Employer profile
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Summary number
221389794
Report ID
0316100

Event description

Employee with COVID-19 infection dies

Investigation abstract

An employee was working as a registered nurse at a general medical or surgical hospital. It was a medical center for veterans. She worked in a medical surgical unit in which patients who were positive for COVID-19 were treated. She began to feel ill on September 2. She tested positive for COVID-19 on the following day. At 9:00 p.m. on September 7, 2021, she died.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 54 F

    Event type
    8
    Occupation code
    95

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