Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14218952 - EMPLOYEE DIES FROM A STAPH INFECTION IN HIS THUMB

Accident Summary Nr: 14218952 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 11/07/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106857212	02/22/1989	1446	0	Badger Mining Corp.

Abstract: Employee #1 died from a staphylococcal infection. The infection developed a few weeks after he injured his thumb during an inspection of sand bags that were stacked on wooden pallets in a warehouse. After the inspection, he left the warehouse for a sales trip to Argentina. He was hospitalized in Argentina for a few weeks. He returned to the U.S. to get more treatment and died several weeks later.

Keywords: SAND, WAREHOUSE, THUMB, INFECTION, PALLET, CONTUSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106857212			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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