Hitting, kicking, beating by other person while providing medical or custodial care · Intracranial injuries with skull fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at UPMC Altoona, 620 Howard Avenue, ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA 16601
on , Intracranial injuries with skull fractures, affecting the brain.
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Final narrative
An employee was acting as a patient sitter in a patient room. The patient got up from their stretcher and struck the employee's head with their fists. The employee was found unresponsive and was hospitalized with a nose injury, a head injury, and the fracture of their left temporal bone.