New London, CT ·
OSHA Injury Report: Lawrence + Memorial Hospital
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital in 365 Montauk Avenue, New London, CT 6320 resulted in days away from work. Employee was RN PES in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Lawrence + Memorial Hospital
- Parent company
- Yale New Haven Health
- Street
- 365 Montauk Avenue
- City
- New London
- State
- CT
- ZIP
- 6320
- On-site location
- BD0HLM LAWRENCE AND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Floor 3
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 3
Before the incident
At the moment of the incident I was in the nursing station having a conversation with the other RN and the PCA. Suddenly the PCA started screaming and we noticed one of our patients was violently hitting the security officer. I tried to shut the nursing station door but the patient and the security ran in there and we were trapped in the office. The patient was very aggressive and started punching everyone.
What happened
While being trapped in the office unable to open the door the patient was hitting us. I tried to protect my face with my arms and remember being hit on my arms and being against the wall and the door. I kept my eyes closed most of my time because I was scared for my life. cannot recall every detail of the incident.
Injury or illness
Back pain. Emotionally distress.. Body aches.
Object or substance involved
I was hit by an aggressive patient.
Summary line
An aggressive patient came into the nurse 's station punching her resulting in back pain and emotional distress.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN PES
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 1,936
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 2,627,029
- EIN
- 060646704
- Establishment ID
- 174903
- Employer case #
- L41764596
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:45
- Time of incident
- 11:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-13
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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