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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221445471

151282 - NEW HANOVER COUNTY - SHERIFF DEPARTMENT

Event
Infectious Disease
NAICS
922190
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345808331
Employer profile
151282 - NEW HANOVER COUNTY - SHERIFF DEPARTMENT
Summary number
221445471
Report ID
0453710

Event description

Employee with COVID-19 infection dies

Investigation abstract

An employee was working in a sheriff's office when he developed symptoms and tested positive for COVID-19 on January 20, 2022. The employee was hospitalized on January 29, 2022 and died at the hospital on February 27, 2022 from intra-abdominal hemorrhaging due to iatrogenic coagulopathy, right ventricular thrombus, and COVID-19 coagulopathy.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 35 M

    Event type
    14
    Occupation code
    999

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