OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221445471
151282 - NEW HANOVER COUNTY - SHERIFF DEPARTMENT
WILMINGTON, NC·
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
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 999
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