Wednesday, 17 February 2016 17:32

Hospital Guard Recovering, Investigation Starts

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The St. Thomas Hospital security guard stabbed by a patient at the hospital on Tuesday night is recovering.

Summa Health officials say Art Belcher Jr. is in stable condition, and is expected to make a full recovery.

They say the stabbing was "unprovoked".

Akron police say that 33 year-old Andrew Wallace was arrested and charged with felonious assault. He was taken to the Summit County Jail.

Summa Health says it's conducting a "thorough review" of the incident.

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration says it has also opened an investigation, due to it being an incident of workplace violence.

An OSHA spokesman says they'll try to determine if proper OSHA procedures were in place at St. Thomas when the stabbing happened.

Scott Allen tells WAKR.net that OSHA thinks the incident "could have been prevented had the employer used all precautions they could to protect their workers."

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