OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221482060
LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT; NORTH COUNTY RECRUIT TRAINING UNIT
VALENCIA, CA·
Event description
Officer recruit falls ill on first day of physical training
Investigation abstract
At 9:00 a.m. on February 1, 2022, a law enforcement officer trainee was working dehydration and a possible prescription drug interaction. He was hospitalized. Recruits had been told to arrive physically prepared. It appeared that this recruit was not ready. as a recruit at the training facility for a large metropolitan county's law enforcement agency. His first day as a recruit was January 20, 2022. February 1, 2022, was the first day of physical training. He had just finished a meeting with sheriff instructors. Immediately after completing a 2.75-mile (4.43-km) run, he felt lightheaded and dizzy, and he appeared pale. He was going in and out of consciousness, and his eyes were rolling backward. He was taken to sit in a patrol vehicle, monitored by an EMT deputy. Based on the EMT's observations, the trainee was transported by ambulance to a hospital. He was suffering from
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 423
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