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OSHA Injury Report: Avera Behavioral Health Hospital

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Avera Behavioral Health Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD 57108 resulted in days away from work. Employee was behavioral Health Technician in hospitals, psychiatric (except convalescent).

Establishment
Avera Behavioral Health Hospital
Parent company
Avera McKennan
Street
4400 West 69th St
City
Sioux Falls
State
SD
ZIP
57108
On-site location
Adolescent Unit
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
9
Days restricted or transferred
118

Writer approached patient to tell him that he had not earned free time.

At the end of discussion the patient pushed Employee and struck the right side of Employee 's face and then Employee fell to the floor

Contusion; Head;

Patient

Contusion; Head; --Patient

Job description
Behavioral Health Technician
SOC code
29-2053 — Psychiatric Technicians
NAICS code
622210 — Hospitals, psychiatric (except convalescent)
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
528
Total hours worked
815792
EIN
460224743
Establishment ID
109096
Employer case #
MK2023-001
Date of incident
Shift started
19:00:00.000
Time of incident
19:10:00.000
Submitted
15FEB24:20:33:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.