OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221402860
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION
PALMDALE, CA·
Event description
Employee with COVID-19 infection dies
Investigation abstract
An employee was conducting assigned maintenance tasks with coworkers throughout the facility and inside the maintenance shop. A coworker tested positive for COVID-19 and contact tracing determined it to be a non-work related exposure. The coworker exposed the employee two other coworkers to COVID-19. The employee contracted COVID-19 and subsequently died from his infection on September 28, 2021.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 68 M
- Event type
- 14
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