# Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries at Advocate Health, Inc. dba Good Samaritan Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2024109421` · 10/9/2024 · DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Hitting, kicking, beating by other person while providing medical or custodial care
- **Source:** Patient
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Advocate Health, Inc. dba Good Samaritan Hospital
- **Location:** 3815 Highland Avenue, DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS, 60515
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A social worker was speaking to a patient. The patient stood up, punched her in the face, pushed her down and against a cart, and then punched her three more times. The social worker sustained a head laceration, an intracranial hemorrhage, and a fractured spine. She was hospitalized.

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