OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221529936
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS: HARRY S. TRUMAN VETERANS HOSPITAL
COLUMBIA, MO—
Event description
Employee with COVID-19 infection is hospitalized
Investigation abstract
An employee was working as a nurse's assistant assigned to the ICU of the hospital when he had an exposure to a COVID-19 positive patient while wearing an N95 he was not cleared to wear. The employee contracted COVID-19, tested positive, and was hospitalized on December 12, 2022, due to respiratory symptoms.
Victim
-
#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 447
Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.