Palmer, MA —
OSHA Injury Report: BWH - Baystate Wing Hospital
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at BWH - Baystate Wing Hospital in Palmer, MA 1069 resulted in days away from work. Employee was behavioral Resource Tech in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- BWH - Baystate Wing Hospital
- Parent company
- Baystate Health
- Street
- 40 Wright Street
- City
- Palmer
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 1069
- On-site location
- Emergency Services - Crisis
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 24
Before the incident
Employee was redirecting a patient.
What happened
Employee was sitting with psych patient. When employee was relieved for a break patient became aggressive assaulting employee. Patient punched employee in left side of forehead and grabbed employee 's ponytail. Employee 's neck was pulled back causing neck pain.
Injury or illness
Closed Head Injury And Neck Pain
Object or substance involved
Patient Assaulted Employee
Summary line
Closed Head Injury And Neck Pain
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Behavioral Resource Tech
- SOC code
- 19-3099 — Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 624
- Total hours worked
- 840583
- EIN
- 222519813
- Establishment ID
- 492621
- Employer case #
- BWH-25-86
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 15:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 23JAN26:15:28:00
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.