OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221401573
HI-LEX AMERICA INC
BATTLE CREEK, MI·
Event description
Employee with COVID-19 infection dies
Investigation abstract
An employee worked as a Production Operator for a wire manufacturing company. The employee tested positive for COVID-19 on September 19th, 2021, and was admitted to the hospital on September 20th, 2021. The employee died on October 12, 2021, due to acute respiratory failure due to COVID-19 related pneumonia accompanied or caused by opportunistic candida and aspergillus infection. The date, time and other details leading up to exposure are not indicated in the narrative. Information regarding engineering, administrative and personal protective equipment controls for COVID-19 are also not included in the narrative.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 66 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 779
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