Exposure to traumatic or stressful event, n.e.c. · Anxiety, stress, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, 5000 S. 5th Avenue, HINES, ILLINOIS 60141
on — Anxiety, stress, unspecified, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee experienced an unpleasant situation and started to hyperventilate, requiring hospitalization.
HospitalizedBODY SYSTEMSBodily conditions of injured, ill worker
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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.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.