Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 960179 - Employee dies of horse disease

Accident Summary Nr: 960179 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 07/07/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119754380	08/11/1992	0742	0	Ca, U.C. Davis, Veterinary School

Abstract: Employee #1 was performing an autopsy on a horse with coccidioiolomycosis (valley fever). He contracted the disease when he inhaled tissue phase endospores that were aerosolized while he was dissecting the horse. Employee #1 died.

Keywords: AGRICULTURE, HORSE, ANIMAL HANDLER, INHALATION, INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119754380			Fatality	Other	Veterinarians

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