# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Whelan Security Co
> OSHA SIR `2021098127` · 9/21/2021 · EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
- **Source:** Patient
## Employer
- **Name:** Whelan Security Co
- **Location:** HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital, EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS, 62401
- **NAICS:** 561612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While assisting hospital staff with a combative patient, an employee was struck in the eye by the patient's hand/fist. The employee sustained a contusion to the face and injury to the eye.

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