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Case Status: CLOSED |
Inspection: 1554042.015 - Springfield Hospital Inc.
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Inspection Information - Office: Vermont | ||||
| Nr: 1554042.015 | Report ID: 0155010 | Open Date: 09/22/2021 | ||
| Springfield Hospital Inc. | ||||
| 1 Hospital Court Bellows Falls, VT 05101 | Union Status: NonUnion | |||
| SIC: | ||||
| NAICS: 622210/Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals | ||||
| Mailing: 25 Ridgewood Rd., Springfield, VT 05156 | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Fat/Cat | |||
| Scope: | Partial | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Health | Close Conference: | 09/22/2021 | |
| Emphasis: | N:Covid-19 | Close Case: | 03/14/2022 | |
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Accident | 1813581 | |||
Case Status: CLOSED |
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
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| Summary Nr: 139834.015 | Event: 09/20/2021 | Employee With Covid-19 Infection Dies | ||||
| On September 5, 2021, Employee #1 did not appear for his night shift and a welfa re check was initiated since he had pre-existing health issues that required wel lness checks. A coworker was working night shifts as a nurse looking after ment al health patients when he was sent home sick on August 29, 2021. The coworker w as fully vaccinated against COVID-19 but his test came back positive on Septembe r 3, 2021. The employer then initiated testing of all hospital staff who had wor ked with the employee. At 7:17 a.m. on September 20, 2021, Employee #1 was dis covered dead due to cardiac arrest from shock as a result of his pre-existing co ndition of diabetes. A coworker was discovered to have died with COVID-19 in hi s system however, it was the professional opinion of the funeral home director t hat the underlying cause of death was not COVID-19 and was due to natural causes . | ||||||
| Keywords: infectious disease | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
| 1 | 1554042.015 | Fatality | Registered nurses | |||