OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221416795
DUPAGE MEDICAL GROUP, LTD.
JOLIET, IL·
Event description
Employee with COVID-19 infection dies
Investigation abstract
An employee was working as an urgent care technician in the immediate care center of a hospital. During routine COVID-19 testing on November 23, 2021, the employee was diagnosed with COVID-19. The employee had an approved religious exemption for the COVID-19 vaccine and had been completing weekly PCR testing. The employee was asymptomatic at time of diagnosis and later reported to the employer they remained asymptomatic. On December 3, 2021, the employee tested negative for COVID-19. On December 5, 2021, the employee was admitted to the hospital and he died at 1:11 a.m. on December 6, 2021.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 64 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 7017
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