OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221416571
MI DOC RICHARD A HANDLON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
IONIA, MI·
Event description
Employee with COVID-19 infection dies
Investigation abstract
An employee, a corrections officer, last worked on November 4, 2021. The following day, the employee called in sick and never returned to the workplace. On November 10, 2021, the employee notified his employer that he had been in close contact with a family member who had tested positive for COVID-19. The employee was admitted to the hospital the following day where he died on November 25, 2021, due to hypoxic respiratory failure resulting from COVID-19 infection.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 60 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 424
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