Hitting, kicking, beating by other person while providing protective services · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Walmart Supercenter 3584, 5405 South Rice Avenue, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77081
on — Fractures , affecting the Skull.
Final narrative
An employee had apprehended a shoplifting suspect at a store. The suspect left the store, returned with a rock, and struck the employee's head with it. The employee suffered a cut on the left eyebrow and a skull fracture; he was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
Hospitalized Skull Suspect under pursuit or investigation
A security guard was responding to a call regarding an aggressive patient in the emergency room. The patient punched the employee in their face and chest. The employee left the patient's room and then became unresponsive due to cardiac arrest.
The injured employee was helping to detain an inmate. A security guard slammed the inmate on top of the injured employee. The employee sustained a back/neck injury.
An employee was registering a patient in police custody in an emergency department. The patient tried to escape, and police/security personnel bumped into the employee during the resulting scuffle. The employee fell and suffered a broken right tibia and fibula.
A corrections officer was working with others to restrain an inmate. During the takedown, the other officers and the inmate landed on the officer, who suffered a fracture to the right hip.
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