Hitting, kicking, beating by other person while providing medical or custodial care · Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Advocate Health, Inc. dba Good Samaritan Hospital, 3815 Highland Avenue, DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS 60515
on — Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries, affecting the Head and trunk.
Final narrative
A social worker was speaking to a patient. The patient stood up, punched her in the face, pushed her down and against a cart, and then punched her three more times. The social worker sustained a head laceration, an intracranial hemorrhage, and a fractured spine. She was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Head and trunk Patient
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