Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at HELP AT HOME, INC., Fern St., PLAINFIELD, ILLINOIS 60586
on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
An employee was stabbed multiple times with a knife while working at a client's home.
HospitalizedNonclassifiablePerson, other than injured or ill worker, unspecified
At about 2:00 p.m. on March 20, 2019, an employee was walking down the steps of a client's home when she fell down six steps. She suffered bruised ribs, a nasal fracture, a possible bruised frontal lobe of the brain, and injuries to the left knee and ankle. She was hospitalized.
An employee was cleaning a client's residence and was struck by a folding chair that fell from a height or possibly tripped over a chair and fell. The employee suffered three fractured ribs and a lacerated spleen.
Two employees were involved in an altercation in a parking lot. One of them was stabbed with a knife on the right side of his abdomen. He was hospitalized.
A security guard was working in a parking garage when an unauthorized person entered the garage. The security guard requested that the individual leave and they were stabbed with a knife. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee stabbed the injured employee with a knife in the breakroom during an altercation. The injured employee sustained stab wounds to their chest and abdomen.
An employee was walking from the receiving area to the grocery section. A customer was waiting for the employee around a corner and stabbed the employee multiple times with a sharp object. The employee was stabbed in the back, abdomen, and left side.
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An employee was talking to a child on the playground, when the child grabbed her hand to lead her away. The employee stepped, lost her balance, and fell over. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture of her lower left leg and required surgery.
An employee was seated in the living room of a patient's residence, waiting for the patient to arrive home from school. The school bus driver honked the horn, signaling that the patient was ready to be assisted off the bus. The employee stood up and then tripped and fell over a rug and possibly the edge of an ottoman. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right humerus at the shoulder.
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.
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