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OSHA Injury Report: Penn Highlands DuBois (East)

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Penn Highlands DuBois (East) in DuBois, PA 15801 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was bHA in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Penn Highlands DuBois (East)
Parent company
DuBois Regional Medical Center DBA Penn Highlands DuBois
Street
635 Maple Avenue
City
DuBois
State
PA
ZIP
15801
On-site location
BH-Adult Unit
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
136

De-escalating a 1:1 patient on the Behaviour Health Adult unit.

During meal time patient took a bite out of Styrofoam cup. Employee and another staff member were attempting to de-escalate and retrieve the cup before it was swallowed. Patient became physically aggressive kicking both staff members. Employee was kicked in bilateral front knees several times as well as once very hard in the back of the right knee. Bruising shooting pain and numbness in the right leg shooting to the knee was observed after patient kicked.

Strain to right knee

Combative patient

STRAIN TO RIGHT KNEE FROM COMBATIVE PATIENT KICKING IN FRONT AND BACK OF KNEES

Job description
BHA
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
225
Total hours worked
205775
EIN
251490707
Establishment ID
978034
Employer case #
PHDE-1
Date of incident
Submitted
07FEB24:03:27:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.