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OSHA Injury Report: BWH - Baystate Wing Hospital

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at BWH - Baystate Wing Hospital in Palmer, MA 1069 resulted in days away from work. Employee was patient Care Technician I in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
BWH - Baystate Wing Hospital
Parent company
Baystate Health
Street
40 Wright Street
City
Palmer
State
MA
ZIP
1069
On-site location
BWH
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
1

Employee was doing routine vitals on patient.

Employee was doing vitals and went to see a patient and when she tried wrapping the bp cup around her arm the patient hit her around the left side of her eye and face. This also broke the frame of her glasses.

Head injury

Patient Hit Employee Around L Side Of Eye And Face

Head Injury

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
624
Total hours worked
840583
EIN
222519813
Establishment ID
492621
Employer case #
BWH-25-F7
Date of incident
Shift started
19:00
Time of incident
19:25
Filing year
2025
Submitted
23JAN26:15:28:00

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.