# Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture at Mercy Health
> OSHA SIR `2025077471` · 7/30/2025 · PERRYVILLE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture
## Cause
- **Event:** Hitting, kicking, beating by other person while providing medical or custodial care
- **Source:** Patient
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Mercy Health
- **Location:** 434 N. West, PERRYVILLE, MISSOURI, 63775
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the phone with his supervisor when a patient walked up and punched him. The employee was knocked to the floor and the patient kicked him multiple times causing injuries to his head, left cheek, left eye, mouth, and right hand. The employee sustained a traumatic brain injury/concussion and a left periorbital edema.

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