Injured by physical contact with person while restraining, subduing-unintentional · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Gateways To Better Living, Inc., 1132 Western Reserve Road, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO 44514
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee was attempting to subdue a client when they fell to the floor and suffered a knee injury.
HospitalizedKnee(s)Other client or customer
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