Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-04-15 | Williamsburg | Pennsylvania | UPMC Home Health Care of Central PA | Multiple body parts | Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing |
On April 15, 2020, a nurse was leaving a patient's home when a member of the patient's family attacked and stabbed her multiple times. She suffered damage to the larynx and the phrenic nerve, as well as a shoulder injury and the near amputation of one of her fingers. | |||||
2019-08-26 | San Antonio | Texas | Southwest General Hospital | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee was struck in the throat by a patient that came into the emergency room, suffering a contusion to the larynx. |