OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221497126
KROGER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP I
MADISON, WV—
Event description
Employee contracts bacterial infection and dies
Investigation abstract
At 1:30 a.m. on August 9, 2022, an employee came in to work in the meat department of a supermarket and was experiencing nausea and diarrhea. The employee left work and went to the emergency department where she tested positive for E. coli. The employee was transferred to another hospital, where her condition worsened. The employee died on August 12, 2022, due to organ failure, pneumonia, acute tubular necrosis and enteropathogenic E. coli.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 61 F
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 444
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