Hitting, kicking, beating by other person n.e.c. · Intracranial injuries unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Blessing Health System, 1005 Broadway Street, QUINCY, ILLINOIS 62301
on — Intracranial injuries unspecified , affecting the Brain.
Final narrative
On September 28, 2024, an employee was walking down the hall when a patient ran toward him and knocked him to the floor, causing him to strike his head on the ground. The employee sustained a head injury.
On August 26, 2022, an employee tripped while walking down the stairs of a patient's house. She broke her left tibia and fibula and was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was operating the cash register while customers were attempting to shoplift items. The employee was assaulted by five customers, resulting in fractured ribs requiring hospitalization.
An employee was monitoring a psychiatric patient who was walking in the hallway. The patient grabbed the employee by the neck and threw her to the ground. She was hospitalized with an acute superior endplate compression fracture with minimal retropulsion to her T12 vertebra.
An employee was involved in a physical altercation with two temporary employees. The employee was hospitalized with facial injuries and required surgery.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.