OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221380850
THE LOWELL GENERAL HOSPITAL
LOWELL, MA·
Event description
Employee incurs multiple injuries when struck by patient wit
Investigation abstract
At 9:15 p.m. on July 31, 2021, Employee #1 was working at a nurses' station in a transitional behavioral health unit when a patient being held pending inpatient psychiatric placement struck the employee in the head and hand with a fire extinguisher. The employee sustained a subdural hematoma and brain bleed, concussion, scalp contusion, and fracture of the left second finger. The employee was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 28 F
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 95
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