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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221444144

SAN DIEGO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT

Event
Infectious Disease
NAICS
922140
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#345530299
Employer profile
SAN DIEGO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT
Summary number
221444144
Report ID
0950632

Event description

Employee with COVID-19 infection is hospitalized

Investigation abstract

At 6:43 p.m. on August 15, 2021, an employee who worked as a Deputy was hospitalized with COVID-19. The employee is a Sheriff's Deputy that performs investigations related to computer crimes and mostly works in an office location at a justice hall located in a major city downtown. The employer was not enforcing face coverings indoors for unvaccinated employees at the time the employee became ill, however, the exposure could not be definitively attributed to workplace exposure. The date, time and other details leading up to exposure are not indicated in the narrative.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 62 M

    Event type
    14
    Occupation code
    423

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