Palatka, FL —
OSHA Injury Report: HCA Florida Putnam Hospital
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at HCA Florida Putnam Hospital in Palatka, FL 32177 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was patient Care Tech in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- HCA Florida Putnam Hospital
- Parent company
- HCA Healthcare
- Street
- 611 Zeagler Dr
- City
- Palatka
- State
- FL
- ZIP
- 32177
- On-site location
- Med/surg2
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 21
Before the incident
getting vitals
What happened
I STARTED WITH patient ON VITALS I WENT INTO HIS ROOM AND WOKE HIM UP AND TOLD HIM I WAS GOING TO GET HIS VITALS AFTER I GOT HIS BLOOD SUGAR CHECKED. I CHECKED HIS SUGAR AND WENT TO PUT THE [REDACTED] METER ON HIS HAND AND HE GOT AGGITATED AND STARTED GRABBING MY RIGHT [REDACTED] I YELLED [REDACTED] LET GO OF MY [REDACTED] THAT HURTS HE PROCEEDED TO GRAB MY [REDACTED] HARDER SO I TRIED TO GET HIM TO LET GO WITH MY OTHER [REDACTED] AND HE GRABBED THAT [REDACTED]. I YELLED AT HIM TO LET GO HE LET GO OF ONE OF MY LEFT [REDACTED] AND I MANAGED TO PRESS THE CALL LIGHT AND STILL SCREAMING FOR HIM TO LET GO HE WAS HURTING MY [REDACTED]. HE FINALLY LET ME GO AFTER FOUR NURSES CAME IN THE ROOM.
Injury or illness
sprain right wrist
Object or substance involved
patient 's grasp
Summary line
Combative patient grabbed right wrist
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Patient Care Tech
- SOC code
- 31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 400
- Total hours worked
- 516214
- EIN
- 472762362
- Establishment ID
- 839689
- Employer case #
- V26760-281
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 4:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 18FEB2025:14:46:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.