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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221438534

COUNTY OF SONOMA SHERIFF'S OFFICE

Event
Infectious Disease
NAICS
921190
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#345484422
Employer profile
COUNTY OF SONOMA SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Summary number
221438534
Report ID
0950615

Event description

Employee with COVID-19 infection is hospitalized

Investigation abstract

On August 9, 2021, an employee who worked as a Corrections Officer in multiple areas within a Detention Facility for a County Sheriff's Office was hospitalized with COVID-19. The employee had worked in areas that includied an area used to quarantine inmates who tested positive for COVID-19. The employee reported symptoms and on August 4, 2021, tested positive for COVID-19. The employer did not have Adequate Aerosol Transmissible Diseases policies and procedures in place.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 51 M

    Event type
    14
    Occupation code
    424

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