Westerly, RI —
OSHA Injury Report: Westerly Hospital
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Westerly Hospital in Westerly, RI 2891 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was registered Nurse Ed in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Westerly Hospital
- Parent company
- Yale New Haven Health
- Street
- 25 Wells Street
- City
- Westerly
- State
- RI
- ZIP
- 2891
- On-site location
- 25WELLS WESTERLY HOSPITAL MAIN CAMPUS(25 WELLS STREET) Floor 1
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 33
Before the incident
Attempting to mediate a patient that was combative and angry
What happened
I was leaning in to medicate the patient on his left thigh. [REDACTED] lost control of the pts arm Pt was attempted to grab the syringe from me. I dropped the syringe so he would not get it. Pt grabbed my wrist bending it over the side rail of the stretcher in the middle of my forearm causing severe pain and pinching.
Injury or illness
right arm forearm. severe pain to mid forearm radiating to ring and pinky fingers of right arm
Object or substance involved
stretcher. syringe many people
Summary line
Patient twisted her right arm as she tried to medicate them.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Registered Nurse Ed
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 596
- Total hours worked
- 880575
- EIN
- 460543230
- Establishment ID
- 174913
- Employer case #
- W81750802
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 20:45
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 13JAN26:18:56:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.