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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221394968

US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Event
Infectious Disease
NAICS
926140
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345546279
Employer profile
US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Summary number
221394968
Report ID
0627700

Event description

Employee with COVID-19 infection dies

Investigation abstract

An employee was working out of the local office of a federal regulatory agency. She worked as a consumer safety inspector (CSI) for a food safety inspection service. She inspected poultry at a poultry processing facility. While she was there, some workers for the firm that owned the facility were reported to be infected with or had tested positive for COVID-19. The employee might have been exposed to them. She contracted COVID-19. At 5:15 a.m. on September 20, 2021, she died.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 60 F

    Event type
    14
    Occupation code
    0

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