Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1497462.015 - Essex County Correctional Facility

Inspection Information - Office: New Jersey Department Of Health

Inspection Nr: 1497462.015

Report ID: 0253410

Date Opened: 10/15/2020

Site Address:
Essex County Correctional Facility
Essex County Correctional Facility 354 Doremus Avenue
Newark, NJ 07105

Mailing Address:
465 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Hall Of Records - Room 405, Newark, NJ 07102

Union Status: Union

SIC:

NAICS: 922140/Correctional Institutions

Inspection Type: Fat/Cat

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: LocalGovt

Safety/Health: Health

Close Conference: 01/14/2021

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 02/12/2021

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	1672937

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 130350.015

Event: 10/08/2020

Employee with COVID-19 infection dies

An employee was working as a corrections officer at a country correctional institution. He contracted COVID-19. He returned to work after testing negative for the virus. He was later hospitalized. On October 8, 2020, he died of residual lung damage from the infection. This was a late complication of a COVID-19 infection. It could not be determined whether his infection was work-related.

Keywords: Infectious Disease

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1497462.015	46	M	Fatality		Correctional institution officers

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