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Accident Summary Nr: 129777.015 - Care facility employee restraining patient suffers fracture

Accident Summary Nr: 129777.015 -- Report ID: 0213900 -- Event Date: 09/22/2020
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1494374.01509/25/2020623220Elmwood Hills Healthcare Center Llc

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on September 22, 2020, an employee in his forties was working at a residential mental health and substance abuse center. He was a psychiatric aide. He was responding to a "code" requesting assistance with a patient who was in an agitated state. The employee was trying to restrain the patient, when the patient fell onto the employee's leg. The employee suffered multiple fractures to his leg or a broken ankle. He was hospitalized. The hazard alert letter that was issued because of this incident mentioned other recent incidents of employees being attacked by patients at the facility.

Keywords: Ankle, Broken Bone, Falling Object, Fracture, Healthcare, Hospital, Leg, Medical Attention, Medical Condition, Medical History, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Nurse, Psych Illness, Restraining Device, Struck By, Underlying Medical Condition, Workplace Violence

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury
1 1494374.015 43 M Hospitalized injury

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