DuBois, PA —
OSHA Injury Report: Penn Highlands DuBois (East)
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
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.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 136
Before the incident
De-escalating a 1:1 patient on the Behaviour Health Adult unit.
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Strain to right knee
Object or substance involved
Combative patient
Summary line
STRAIN TO RIGHT KNEE FROM COMBATIVE PATIENT KICKING IN FRONT AND BACK OF KNEES
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Submitted
- 07FEB24:03:27:00
Source
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.