Cherokee, IA —
OSHA Injury Report: DHS-Cherokee Mental Health Institute
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at DHS-Cherokee Mental Health Institute in Cherokee, IA 51012 resulted in days away from work. Employee was resident Treatment Worker in psychiatric hospitals (except convalescent).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- DHS-Cherokee Mental Health Institute
- Parent company
- DHS
- Street
- 1251 West Cedar Loop
- City
- Cherokee
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 51012
- On-site location
- North 9
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 6
Before the incident
Caring for patients
What happened
Patient punched employee in the jaw and continued to hit her in the head. Employee put her arm up to block punches
Injury or illness
Contusions to head and arm
Object or substance involved
Patients fist
Summary line
Injured head and arm being punched by a patient
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Resident Treatment Worker
- SOC code
- 00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
- NAICS code
- 622210 — Psychiatric hospitals (except convalescent)
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 178
- Total hours worked
- 252717
- EIN
- 426004371
- Establishment ID
- 155501
- Employer case #
- 25-001
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 22:45
- Time of incident
- 2:45
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27FEB26:14:54:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.