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Intracranial injuries with skull fractures

1 hospitalization · 2024075908 · 7/2/2024 · ResCare Community Living - Newton, Kansas

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Brain
Nature of injury
Intracranial injuries with skull fractures

Cause

Event
Event or exposure unspecified
Source
Source, secondary source unspecified
Secondary source
Source, secondary source unspecified

Employer

Name
ResCare Community Living - Newton, Kansas
Location
700 East 14th Street, NEWTON, KANSAS, 67114
NAICS
621610
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was helping a client into their home from the van which was parked on a steep slope driveway. They were found in the client's driveway unconscious. The client was strapped into their wheelchair which was found on top of the employee. The employee sustained a fracture behind her ear, a hematoma on the right side of her scalp, and a subarachnoid hemorrhage. She was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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