Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Friends Hospital, 4641 Roosevelt Blvd, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19124
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the eye(s).
Final narrative
An employee was trying to resolve an altercation between two patients when a patient hit him and injured his left eye, resulting in eye surgery.
An employee was walking into work when they fell to the ground at the base of the entry stairs, resulting in a neck injury, a blood clot in her neck, and a spinal cord injury that required surgery. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was walking through the outdoor courtyard when she fell to the floor and fractured her tibia and fibula. She was hospitalized and required surgery.
On February 22, 2015, a patient microwaved a cup of coffee. The patient then threw this hot cup of coffee into the face of the injured employee. The employee sustained burns to his face and was hospitalized.
Employee 1 was operating a tow tractor and suffered a medical event. Employee 2 came to help and employee 1 fell on employee 2. This caused employee 2 to fall and sustain a broken hip.
A security officer was helping to restrain a patient and suffered a laceration to the right hand and a bloody nose. The right hand became infected and required surgical debridement.
A field service technician was servicing a lottery machine behind a counter. An altercation began between a customer and another employee, during which the technician suffered a broken ankle.
On May 20, 2020, at approximately 7:15 PM, an employee was removing an aggressive client to a seclusion room when the client kicked the seclusion room door. The door slammed on the employee's finger, resulting in a partial amputation of her right middle fingertip.
On 9/06/2019, the injured employee was helping put a patient to bed with the help of two additional employees. The injured employee was knocked down by a patient, fell to the floor, and sustained a fractured hip.
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