# Fractures at Mercy Health System
> OSHA SIR `2016076384` · 7/14/2016 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Jaw, chin
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
- **Source:** Patient
## Employer
- **Name:** Mercy Health System
- **Location:** 501 South 54th Street, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19143
- **NAICS:** 622210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to de-escalate a situation with a patient when the patient attacked the employee, fracturing the employee's jaw.

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