BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA – A Louisiana nursing home worker has been indicted on negligent homicide charges after a patient died from blunt force injuries when she attempted to move them using a hydraulic bed lift by herself, according to the State Attorney General’s Office.
Fatal Fall at Jefferson Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Authorities say Diamond Johnson, a former certified nursing assistant at Jefferson Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, was working alone on June 25, 2024, when the deadly incident occurred.
According to a statement from Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, Johnson was instructed to use a hydraulic lift to move a patient from a chair to a bed — but chose to operate the device without assistance, violating safety procedures.
During the process, the patient “slipped out the side of the sling” and fell onto the metal base of the lift, suffering devastating internal injuries…