# Multiple types of open wounds at UPMC Home Health Care of Central PA
> OSHA SIR `2020044040` · 4/15/2020 · WILLIAMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple types of open wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing
- **Source:** Person, other than injured or ill worker, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** UPMC Home Health Care of Central PA
- **Location:** 133 Stone Row Drive, WILLIAMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 16693
- **NAICS:** 621610
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

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.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*