Hitting, kicking, beating by other person while providing protective services · Surface and flesh wounds unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Prairieland Detention Center, 1209 Sunflower Lane, ALVARADO, TEXAS 76009
on — Surface and flesh wounds unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
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Final narrative
On September 18, 2024, an employee at a detention center was giving an inmate water when the inmate pulled the employee by the arm against the cell door and bit his right middle finger.
Hospitalized Other finger(s) n.e.c. Criminal inmate or detainee in custody
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.
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