Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170890883 - Employee suffers from pneumococcal septicema

Accident Summary Nr: 170890883 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 09/13/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125629832	10/25/1999	8062	622110	Children'S Hospital Oakland

Abstract: On September 16, 1999, Employee #1, a respiratory care practitioner at Children's Hospital in Oakland, CA, was hospitalized with a diagnosis of pneumococcal septicemia. Pneumococcal pneumonia is a common type of community-acquired pneumonia with an incubation period of between one and ten days. He subsequently underwent several surgeries and all his extremities were amputated. Employee #1 had worked at the hospital on September 6, September 13, and September 14, but it was not clear whether he contracted the illness at work or somewhere else.

Keywords: RESPIRATORY, AMPUTATED, INHALATION, RESPIRATORY TRACT, ARM, INFECTIOUS DISEASE, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125629832			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Inhalation therapists

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