Westfield, MA —
OSHA Injury Report: BNH - Baystate Noble Hospital
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at BNH - Baystate Noble Hospital in Westfield, MA 1085 resulted in days away from work. Employee was patient Care Technician I in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- BNH - Baystate Noble Hospital
- Parent company
- Baystate Health
- Street
- 115 West Silver Street
- City
- Westfield
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 1085
- On-site location
- 2N
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 18
Before the incident
Employee was logging into computer at the nursing station.
What happened
Patient tried to grab a glass jar off of the counter at the side of the nursing station. Employee attempted to grab the jar out of the patient 's hand but the patient grabbed employee 's thumb and started twisting. Employee slipped y thumb out of the patient 's grip but patient dug one of their fingernails into employee 's left hand. The patient tore off a small amount of skin in between thumb and index finger on employee 's left hand.
Injury or illness
Skin Tear Left Hand
Object or substance involved
Patient Dug Fingernails Into Left Hand
Summary line
Skin Tear Left Hand
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Patient Care Technician I
- SOC code
- 31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 521
- Total hours worked
- 673657
- EIN
- 222537423
- Establishment ID
- 492615
- Employer case #
- BNH-25-91
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:05
- Time of incident
- 7:10
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 23JAN26:15:00:00
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.