OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221428931
LA COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION
ROWLAND HEIGHTS, CA·
Event description
Employee with COVID-19 infection is hospitalized
Investigation abstract
An employee was working for a county parks and recreation department and was performing plumbing repairs outdoors with a coworker when he began having symptoms of COVID-19. The employee told his supervisor that he was not feeling well and was instructed to go home and get tested for COVID-19. The employee was tested on November 4, 2021, and received a positive result the next day. The employee's symptoms worsened, and he was admitted to the hospital on November 12, 2021, for shortness of breath and discharged after three days.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 0
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