Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, unspecified · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Community Medical Center, 99 Highway 37 West, TOMS RIVER, NEW JERSEY 08755
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
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.
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 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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