OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221399850
CYNET HEALTH, INC.
WATSONVILLE, CA·
Event description
Employee with COVID-19 infection dies
Investigation abstract
An employee had been working as a traveling nurse. On June 28, 2021, the employer did not have Adequate Aerosol Transmissible Diseases policies and procedures in place. employee was assigned to work in the emergency room of a community hospital. On August 5, 2021, the employee wanted to cancel his assignment because he thought he contracted COVID-19 from a patient. On August 7, 2021, he worked his last day and began to experience COVID-19 related symptoms. On August 19, 2021, the employee's spouse notified the employer that he was ill with COVID-19 and on August 20, 2021, she notified the employer he was hospitalized an on a ventilator. On September 13, 2021, the employer received information from a workers compensation provider that the employee had died due to COVID-19. The
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 95
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