OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221425036
IL DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES - SPRINGFIELD FIELD OFFICE
THAYER, IL·
Event description
Employee is stabbed to death while performing home visit
Investigation abstract
At 4:15 p.m. on January 4, 2022, an employee was performing a home visit to investigate the report of a child in danger. The employee, a child protection specialist, entered the home to perform her duties and investigate the allegations of a child in danger, when she was attacked by an adult male with a knife. The employee sustained multiple sharp force injuries and blunt force trauma and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 36 F
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 174
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