OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221366529
CARDINAL HEALTH NUCLEAR PHARMACY
CHICAGO, IL·
Event description
Employee is killed after being pushed to ground, head injury
Investigation abstract
At 12:15 p.m. on June 28, 2021, an employee was delivering radio-pharmaceuticals to a hospital. As the employee entered the facility, an unrestrained psychiatric patient who was attempting an escape from the emergency room ran into the employee and knocked him to the ground. The employee struck his head on ground and incurred a brain bleed and died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 79 M
- Event type
- 6
- Occupation code
- 806
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