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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221485956

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY EMPLOYMENT & HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT

Event
Infectious Disease
NAICS
561311
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345766000
Employer profile
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY EMPLOYMENT & HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Summary number
221485956
Report ID
0950615

Event description

Employee with COVID-19 infection dies

Investigation abstract

At 8:00 a.m. on January 15, 2022, an employee who had worked as a Clerk for a County Employment and Human Services Department was hospitalized with COVID-19. On January 4, 2022, the employee began to exhibit COVID-19 related symptoms. On January 5, 2022, the employee tested positive for COVID-19. The employer contacted the employee on January 20, 2022, after discovering the employee had been hospitalized and was in the intensive care unit (ICU). The employer called the employee's spouse to check on her status on March 11, 2022, and was told that she had died at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 9, 2022.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 46 F

    Event type
    12
    Occupation code
    379

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