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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221446487

WALSH VINEYARDS MANAGEMENT INC.

Event
Infectious Disease
NAICS
115112
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#345557193
Employer profile
WALSH VINEYARDS MANAGEMENT INC.
Summary number
221446487
Report ID
0950615

Event description

Employee with COVID-19 infection dies

Investigation abstract

An employee was working at a vineyard harvesting grapes as a member of a crew of 20, 2021. eight employees including the supervisor. The employee began to have flu-like symptoms but continued going to work. The employee's last day at work had been on the evening of September 16, 2021. Approximately two weeks prior to that date, a housemate of the employee had gotten ill from COVID-19 and was hospitalized. The employee carpooled to work with a coworker from his crew. During the same time period between September 15, 2021, and September 23, 2021, three employees from a different crew tested positive for COVID-19. On September 23, 2021, the employee was hospitalized and he died in the hospital on October

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 53 M

    Event type
    14
    Occupation code
    479

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