Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Amedisys Home Health Care
Start: 3/9/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022032129 · 3/9/2022 · Amedisys Home Health Care

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Other animal bites, nonvenomous
Source: Dogs, canines-domestic

Employer

Name: Amedisys Home Health Care
Location: 809B Pitt Rd, SCOTT, LOUISIANA, 70583
NAICS: 621610
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was providing hospital care at a patient's home. The patient's dog attacked the employee, who suffered abrasions and bites to the head, the left side of the face, both arms, and the lower abdomen.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown