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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221436371

WHOLE FOODS MARKET CALIFORNIA, INC.

Event
Infectious Disease
NAICS
445110
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345776751
Employer profile
WHOLE FOODS MARKET CALIFORNIA, INC.
Summary number
221436371
Report ID
0950641

Event description

Employee with COVID-19 infection dies

Investigation abstract

At 8:00 a.m. on February 3, 2022, an employee who worked as a produce team member for a grocery store died from COVID-19. The employer does not know how the employee contracted the infection and is not aware of any positive coworkers he could have been exposed to at work. He was fully vaccinated at the time he contracted COVID-19. Information regarding engineering, administrative and personal protective equipment controls for COVID-19 are not included in the narrative.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 64 M

    Event type
    8

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