OSHA Injury Report: ST LUKES MONROE HOSPITAL

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

RESTRAINING PATIENT

What happened

EMPLOYEE RESPONDED TO A CALL FOR ASSISTANCE FROM EMERGENCY ROOM NURSING STAFF TO HELP WITH COMBATIVE PATIENT IN ROOM SEVEN UPON ARRIVAL EMPLOYEE FOUND NURSING STAFF STRUGGLING TO RESTRAIN PATIENT EMPLOYEE ASSISTED THE STAFF AND AS THEY WERE HOLDING PATIENTS RIGHT ARM SHE ABRUPTLY LURCHED TO HER RIGHT AND ROLLED ON TO THEIR HAND FORCING THEIR THUMB BACKWARDS AND CAUSING INJURY WHEN RESTRAINTS WERE DONE EMPLOYEE REGISTERED AND WAS SEEN BY MEDICAL STAFF

Injury or illness

STRAIN TO RIGHT THUMB

Object or substance involved

PATIENTS BODILY MOTION

Summary line

SPRAIN OF INTRINSIC MUSCLE OF RIGHT THUMB SUSTAINED WHILE RESTRAINING PATIENT THE PATIENT ROLLED ONTO EMPLOYEES HAND CAUSE THE THUMB TO HYPERABDUCT

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.