OSHA Injury Report: North Memorial Hospital

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Normal Job Duties

What happened

North Memorial Hospital [REDACTED] reports that she went into room 427 to assist staff with changing soiled linen under pt. The pt was very agitated and combative trying to hit staff. The pt pulled very hard on the patients R hand causing immediate pain. TM reports that the family didn 't want the pt to have any type of sedating medications so the provider was called and he came into the room and gave the family the alternative of either sedation medications or restraints which they chose restraints. But everytime the staff had to change or turn the patient they had to undo the restraints and the pt became combative.

Injury or illness

Strain Or Sprain Hand R

Object or substance involved

Patient

Summary line

Right wrist grabbed and pulled on by combative patient.

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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.