# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at WVU Medicine Hospitals
> OSHA SIR `2023076694` · 7/25/2023 · WESTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple head locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
- **Source:** Patient
## Employer
- **Name:** WVU Medicine Hospitals
- **Location:** 936 Sharpe Hospital Rd, WESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 26452
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was talking with a patient in the day area when they were attacked from behind by another patient. The employee was punched in the jaw and then lifted and slammed onto the floor. The employee sustained a fractured mandible and a laceration to the occipital region that required staples.

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