# Cuts, lacerations at MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER
> OSHA SIR `20221211159` · 12/25/2022 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
- **Source:** Patient
## Employer
- **Name:** MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER
- **Location:** 3015 N. Ballas Road, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63131
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was responding to a code for aggressive behavior from a patient. Upon stepping out of the elevator, the patient attacked the employee and the employee sustained hand lacerations.

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