Hitting, kicking, beating by other person while providing medical or custodial care · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at UHS of Peachford, LP, 2151 Peachford Road, ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30338
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was providing a therapeutic escort for an agitated patient. The patient began fighting and bit off the employee's fingertip, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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