Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 138085.015 - Employee incurs multiple injuries when struck by patient wit

Accident Summary Nr: 138085.015 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 07/31/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1547400.015	08/12/2021		622110	The Lowell General Hospital

Abstract: At 9:15 p.m. on July 31, 2021, Employee #1 was working at a nurses' station in a transitional behavioral health unit when a patient being held pending inpatient psychiatric placement struck the employee in the head and hand with a fire extinguisher. The employee sustained a subdural hematoma and brain bleed, concussion, scalp contusion, and fracture of the left second finger. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Brain, Brain Bleed, Contusion, Finger, Fingertip, Fire Extinguisher, Hand, Head, Struck Against, Struck By, Traumatic Brain Injury

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1547400.015	28	F	Hospitalized injury		Registered nurses

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