Help At Home LLC

Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds — SAINT JOSEPH, Missouri

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Help At Home LLC in SAINT JOSEPH, Missouri
Employer Help At Home LLC
Address 114 Wilmer Lane
City, State ZIP SAINT JOSEPH, Missouri 64504
Report ID 2020010207
Event Date January 8, 2020
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
Body Part Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Event Type Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing
Source of Injury Assailant, suspect, unspecified
Secondary Source Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 621610
GPS Coordinates 39.69924, -94.86524

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Incident Narrative

While removing objects from their car at a client's home, a home health care employee was stabbed in the stomach with a knife.

Incident Summary

On January 8, 2020, a worker at Help At Home LLC in SAINT JOSEPH, Missouri suffered puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds to the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders. The incident was classified as stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing, with assailant, suspect, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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