Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 110210.015 - Employee contracts possible Coccidioidomycosis, a fungal lun

Accident Summary Nr: 110210.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 08/24/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1354395.015	10/16/2018		238320	Painters Unlimited Ca, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on August 24, 2018, an employee was working as a painter working with a coworker to paint jail holding cells in a new permanent detention center. While working, the employee and coworker wore full-faced carbon cartridge respirators while painting the cells. The employee called in sick and was later hospitalized for possible Coccidiodioycosis (fungal lung infection) that the employee believed was contracted at the work site.

Keywords: Infection, Lung, Paint, Painter, Respirator, Respiratory

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1354395.015	46	M	Hospitalized injury		Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior painting and decorating Fatality Cause:

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