Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at WVU Medicine Hospitals, 936 Sharpe Hospital Rd, WESTON, WEST VIRGINIA 26452
on , Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the multiple head locations.
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Final narrative
An employee was talking with a patient in the day area when they were attacked from behind by another patient. The employee was punched in the jaw and then lifted and slammed onto the floor. The employee sustained a fractured mandible and a laceration to the occipital region that required staples.