General Medical and Surgical Hospitals

Industry Summary

Between 2014 and 2015, the General Medical and Surgical Hospitals industry saw employment growth of only 1.31%. There are an average of 674 workers at each of the 6,669 establishments in the United States. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Hospitals Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

• 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 which had occured previously at Houma Orthopedic Clinic. A 55 year old Machinery maintenance occupation had been killed 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 after learning of an incident at Massena Memorial Hospital which had occured on Thursday, January 18th 2018. 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.