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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221411176

103741 - MN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Event
Infectious Disease
NAICS
922140
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345637250
Employer profile
103741 - MN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Summary number
221411176
Report ID
0552700

Event description

Employee with COVID-19 infection dies

Investigation abstract

An employee was working for a state's department of correctional institutions. He was the tribal liaison with the commissioner's office for the agency. He worked from home, and, since the beginning of the pandemic, he had been attending meetings and events virtually. On October 10, 2021, he called his supervisor to say that he was being hospitalized with an active COVID-19 infection. He remained hospitalized until he died from his infection, on November 10, 2021.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 57 M

    Event type
    14
    Occupation code
    999

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