Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202079513 - Psychiatric Care Worker Is Stabbed by Patient

Accident Summary Nr: 202079513 -- Report ID: 0453730 -- Event Date: 02/20/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312162662	03/25/2008	8062	622110	Gaston Memorial Hospital

Abstract: At approximately 8:45 p.m. on February 20, 2008, Employee #1 went to check on a patient in the adolescent psychiatric unit of the Gaston Memorial Hospital in Gastonia, NC. While Employee #1 was talking to the patient, the patient suddenly lunged at her with a pair of scissors. The patient stabbed Employee #1 six times in the neck and once in the left hand with the scissors. Employee #1 sustained lacerations. She was sent to the Carolinas Medical Center trauma unit in Charlotte, NC, for treatment.

Keywords: HEALTH CARE WORKER, HEALTH CARE FACILITY, LACERATION, NECK, WORKPLACE VIOLENCE, HAND, PSYCH ILLNESS

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312162662			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Registered nurses

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