Mountain Home, AR ·
OSHA Injury Report: Baxter Health
Other illness · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an other illness at Baxter Health in 624 Hospital Drive, Mountain Home, AR 72653 resulted in days away from work. Employee was certified Nursing Assistant in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Baxter Health
- Parent company
- Baxter County Regional Hospital
- Street
- 624 Hospital Drive
- City
- Mountain Home
- State
- AR
- ZIP
- 72653
- On-site location
- ER
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Other illness (code 6)
- Days away from work
- 6
- Days restricted or transferred
- 3
Before the incident
Restraining combative patient
What happened
Employee was restraining confused and combative patient by climbing in bed with the patient. Patient later tested positive for meningitis. Employee developed fever and headache post exposure despite prophylaxis per exposure protocol.
Injury or illness
Contracted possible bacterial meningitis
Object or substance involved
Patient 's airborne particles
Summary line
Suspected meningitis after exposure to patient with meningitis
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Certified Nursing Assistant
- SOC code
- 31-1131: Nursing Assistants
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 2,046
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 3,447,720
- EIN
- 710561765
- Establishment ID
- 297313
- Employer case #
- 262
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:41
- Time of incident
- 23:59
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-22
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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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