Family Dentistry

Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — HOUSTON, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Family Dentistry in HOUSTON, TEXAS
Employer Family Dentistry Report ID 2019043565
Address 1900 S Kirkwood, Ste. C City, State ZIP HOUSTON, TEXAS 77077
Event Date April 5, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Event Type Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving Source of Injury Co-worker
Industry (NAICS) 621210 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 29.74000, -95.58000

Incident Narrative

An office manager asked an office assistant to circle something on a patient's treatment plan. The assistant responded, then came up behind the office manager and put her arm around the office manager's neck and squeezed. The office manager felt a pop in her neck and was hospitalized with neck pain, and elevated blood pressure and blood sugar.

Incident Summary

On April 5, 2019, a worker at Family Dentistry in HOUSTON, TEXAS suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders. The incident was classified as hitting, kicking, beating, shoving, with co-worker identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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