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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221425036

IL DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES - SPRINGFIELD FIELD OFFICE

Event
Blunt force trauma, Knife, Workplace Violence
NAICS
923130
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345712152
Employer profile
IL DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES - SPRINGFIELD FIELD OFFICE
Summary number
221425036
Report ID
0551702

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

  1. #1 Fatality Age 36 F

    Event type
    14
    Occupation code
    174

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