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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 119350.015 - Employee Incurs Multiple Injuries When Struck By Patient On

**Accident: 119350.015 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 05/03/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1400317.015	05/13/2019		United Plus Llc

At 05:30 a.m. on May 03, 2019, an employee and a coworker were engaged in transp orting a patient on wheel chair down a staircase in their home. The staircase ha d 15 steps. The employee was on the bottom and the coworker was on top. As they descended the steps, the employee lost control of the patient's wheel chair. Th e patient and the wheel chair landed on top of the employee. The employee sustai ned a bruised leg, back and hip and a possible concussion but was not hospitaliz ed.

Keywords: abrasion, ankle, back, concussion, contusion, foot, hip, leg, lost control, struck by, toe

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1400317.015	23	F	Non Hospitalized injury		Emt & Paramedics

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