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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221402621

COTTI FOODS MIDWEST, INC.

Event
Infectious Disease
NAICS
722513
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345585632
Employer profile
COTTI FOODS MIDWEST, INC.
Summary number
221402621
Report ID
0729700

Event description

Employee with COVID-19 infection dies

Investigation abstract

At 5:00 p.m. on August 8, 2021, an employee who worked in food service for a fast food restaurant died from COVID-19. On July 31, 2021, the employee had been working her regular work shifts when she tested positive for COVID-19. The employee informed her employer of the positive test immediately and stayed off work all the way up until her death. The date, time and other details leading up to exposure are not indicated in the narrative. The employer did not have an effective COVID-19 Prevention Program in place.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 38 F

    Event type
    14
    Occupation code
    433

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