# Fractures at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
> OSHA SIR `2020087745` · 8/17/2020 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
- **Source:** Patient
- **Secondary source:** Medical and surgical instruments and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL
- **Location:** 7777 FOREST LANE, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75230
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transporting a patient to a psychiatric unit. The patient struck the employee in the nose with a stethoscope, breaking the employee's nose. The employee was hospitalized.

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