Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221453178

SAN DIEGO CONVENTION CENTER CORPORATION, INC.

Event
Clogged, Infection, Maintenance, PPE, Plumbing, Sewage, Skin
NAICS
561591
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#345858039
Employer profile
SAN DIEGO CONVENTION CENTER CORPORATION, INC.
Summary number
221453178
Report ID
0950632

Event description

Employee With Skin Infection Is Hospitalized

Investigation abstract

At 6:00 p.m. on October 13, 2021, an employee was unclogging a drain in an employee bathroom at a convention center. The employee was a plumber and wore personal protective equipment (PPE) including gloves, eye protection and knee pads while performing the job task. The following day on October 14, 2021, the employee reporting that he was not feeling well and went to the hospital for treatment of a skin infection on his left leg. Although the employee may have been exposed to raw sewage while performing the work, the cellulitis was later determined by the doctors to not be work related. The employee notified his employer of the hospitalization on October 18, 2021.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 62 M

    Event type
    14
    Occupation code
    7039

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