ROSWELL, NM —
OSHA Injury Report: CHAVES COUNTY DETENTION CENTER
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at CHAVES COUNTY DETENTION CENTER in ROSWELL, NM 88201 resulted in days away from work. Employee was dETENTION OFFICER in cORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- CHAVES COUNTY DETENTION CENTER
- Parent company
- Chaves County
- Street
- 3701 S ATKINSON
- City
- ROSWELL
- State
- NM
- ZIP
- 88201
- On-site location
- Medical
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 4
Before the incident
Supervising detainees.
What happened
The officer had opened a cell door to let a detainee out for out of cell time when the detainee struck the officer in the face with a closed fist leading to a use of force in which the officer hurt his eye socket hand hip and knee.
Injury or illness
bruised eye socket cut and swollen hand pain to hip and knee.
Object or substance involved
hand to hand altercation.
Summary line
employee was letting a detainee out for his time. the detainee swung on him and struck his left eye and hurt his left hip and knee.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- DETENTION OFFICER
- SOC code
- 33-3012 — Correctional Officers and Jailers
- NAICS code
- 922140 — CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 71
- Total hours worked
- 129081
- EIN
- 856000206
- Establishment ID
- 1338850
- Employer case #
- 2025-0032
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 9:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 02MAR26:15:35:00
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.