Hospitals

Industry Summary

Between 2014 and 2015, the Hospitals industry saw employment growth of only 1.43%. There are an average of 520 workers at each of the 9,271 establishments in the United States. Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (102% more) the average for the Health Care and Social Assistance Industry.

• Most Common Violations
• Recent Accident Reports

OSHA investigators arrived in New York, NY on Monday, January 28th 2019 and began an accident investigation at Lenox Hill Hospital-Northwell Health. A 70 year old man working as a Janitor was injured on the job when the janitor was attacked by patient resulting in injury to face

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OSHA ID113045.015

Accident Date2019-01-21

Accident DegreeHospitalized injury

NarrativeAt 8:25 p.m. on January 1, 2019, an employee was performing janitorial activities. The employee was unexpectedly attacked by a patient. The employee sustained injuries to face and head.

The accident investigation below was opened on Monday, November 19th 2018 by OSHA representitives in Houma, LA at Houma Orthopedic Clinic. A 55 year old man working as a Machinery maintenance occupation was killed on the job when the

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OSHA ID111241.015

Accident Date2018-11-15

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 5:30 p.m. on November 15, 2018, an employee was rigging a crane to lift some pylons from a barge.The rigging chain broke and the rigging pulley hit the employee in the head. The employee was killed from his head injury.

The accident investigation below was opened on Thursday, January 25th 2018 by OSHA representitives in Massena, NY which had occured previously at Massena Memorial Hospital. A 52 year old man working as a Stock was killed on the job when the storeroom clerk collapsed and later dies

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OSHA ID102521.015

Accident Date2018-01-18

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 9:00 a.m. on January 18, 2019, an employee, storeroom clerk, was found unresponsive in the doorway of a storage room. He collapsed and died.