OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #914283
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORP.
MATTAWAN, MI·
Event description
One employee dies, one infected from monkey bite or scratch
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a handler at a research lab, was bitten by a rabid monkey and contr acted the herpes B virus (monkey virus). The virus led to encephalitis, of which Employee #1 died. Employee #2 was also found to be infected, but was treated wi th anti-viral drugs and was subsequently released from the hospital. One wilful and five serious violations were issued for recordkeeping and failure to follow appropriate published CDC guidelines for monkey handlers.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 23 Male
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- OTHBODYSYS (31)
- Accident type
- BITE/STING/SCRATCH (3)
- Source of injury
- ANIMAL/INS/REPT/ETC. (3)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- EQUIP. INAPPROPR FOR OPERATION (6)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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#2 Hospitalized Age 20 Male
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- OTHBODYSYS (31)
- Accident type
- BITE/STING/SCRATCH (3)
- Source of injury
- ANIMAL/INS/REPT/ETC. (3)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- EQUIP. INAPPROPR FOR OPERATION (6)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.