SSM DEPAUL HOSPITAL-SAINT VINCENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
Hitting, kicking, beating by other person while providing protective services · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at SSM DEPAUL HOSPITAL-SAINT VINCENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, 12377 Depaul Drive, BRIDGETON, MISSOURI 63044
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Multiple body parts unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee sustained injuries to multiple body parts from an aggressive patient in the emergency room and was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Multiple body parts unspecified Patient
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.
A corrections officer was working with others to restrain an inmate. During the takedown, the other officers and the inmate landed on the officer, who suffered a fracture to the right hip.
An employee was providing security for a stadium event. The employee was attacked and struck in the head with a hammer, suffering a head injury. The employee was hospitalized.
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