Exposure to other harmful substances, unspecified · Other or unspecified allergic reactions
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Texas Children Hospital, 6621 Fannin Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77030
on — Other or unspecified allergic reactions , affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee suffered an allergic reaction to peanuts while working at the hospital.
An employee was de-escalating a behavioral incident involving a patient. The patient became aggressive and began pulling the employee to the ground by their hair. The patient kicked the employee in her chest and stomach. The employee became dizzy and fainted. The employee was hospitalized for blunt trauma.
An employee was in a wash bay using an alkaline chemical cleaner to clean truck beds. The employee began experiencing lip numbness and facial and eye redness. The employee also experienced breathing difficulties, resulting in hospitalization.
On February 15, 2023, at approximately 5:15 p.m., an employee laid her head down on a desk and then noticed that her face and tongue were swollen. She later had trouble breathing while driving home. The employee was hospitalized for a potential allergic reaction.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.