Hitting, kicking, beating by other person while providing medical or custodial care · Other symptoms of unspecified traumatic injury or exposure n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Capitol Region Education Council, 111 Charter Oak Avenue, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106
on — Other symptoms of unspecified traumatic injury or exposure n.e.c., affecting the Chest unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was watching students perform their daily tasks. A student who had been vacuuming the floor punched the teacher in the chest. She was hospitalized with chest pain, a fast heart rate, and vertigo.
An employee was working to draw blood from a patient. After sticking the patient's right arm, the patient kicked the employee in the stomach and used his left hand to strike the right side of the employee's face. The employee was hospitalized for an injury to their intestine.
An employee was redirecting a patient who was leaving the unit when the patient pushed the employee to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a left hip injury.
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