# Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at KVC Hospitals Kansas City
> OSHA SIR `20241111005` · 11/26/2024 · KANSAS CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple internal chest locations
- **Nature of injury:** Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
## Cause
- **Event:** Hitting, kicking, beating by other person while providing medical or custodial care
- **Source:** Patient
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** KVC Hospitals Kansas City
- **Location:** 4198 Brenner Drive, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 66104
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking with a patient when the patient kicked the employee in the head and they fell to the floor. The patient then kicked them in the chest, and the employee lost consciousness. The employee was hospitalized with a broken rib and a punctured lung.

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