OSHA Injury Report: ST LUKES CARBON HOSPITAL

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT BEGAN ACTING ERRATICALLY ATTEMPTING TO ELOPE FROM SECURE HOLDINGSECURE CORRIDOR EMPLOYEE ENTERED THE SECURE HOLDING OFFICE TO RETRIEVE GLOVES AND SPEAK TO THE PATIENT BEFORE EMPLOYEE COULD FULLY PUT ON GLOVES THE PATIENT SHATTERED THE OFFICE WINDOW WITH THEIR CANE OUT OF FEAR OF SELFHARM FURTHER DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY AND HARM OF OTHERS EMPLOYEE QUICKLY ENTERED THE ROOM WITHOUT GLOVES AND TOOK CONTROL OF THE PATIENT TO ALLOW THE BYSTANDING PATIENT IN SECURE HOLDING TO SAFELY LEAVE THE OFFENDING PATIENT WAS PHYSICALLY RESTRAINED

What happened

AFTER THE BYSTANDING PATIENT WAS ABLE TO LEAVE AND MORE STAFF ARRIVED FOR THE CONTROL TEAM PATIENT WAS ASSISTED IN STANDING AND IT WAS NOTICED THAT BOTH THE PATIENT AND I HAD BEEN CUT BY THE GLASS

Injury or illness

LACERATION

Object or substance involved

GLASS

Summary line

SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO BLOOD BORNE PATHOGEN LEFT HAND PUNCTURE AND POSSIBLE MIXTURE WITH PATIENT BLOOD

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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.