Murphy, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: Murphy Medical Center dba Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Murphy Medical Center dba Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital in Murphy, NC 28906 resulted in days away from work. Employee was rN in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Murphy Medical Center dba Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital
- Parent company
- Erlanger Health
- Street
- 3990 E US Hwy 64 Alt
- City
- Murphy
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28906
- On-site location
- 2East
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
Before the incident
Attempting to deescalate patient
What happened
Patient got verbally aggressive towards staff given haldol then started pacing room and yelling. [REDACTED] got in my face and yelled then punched me in the left eye with a closed fist.
Injury or illness
left facial contusion
Object or substance involved
aggressive patient
Summary line
Attempting to deescelate patient. Patient got verbally aggressive towards staff given haldol then started pacing room and yelling. [REDACTED] got in my face and yelled then punched me in the left eye with a closed fist.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 543
- Total hours worked
- 672100
- EIN
- 561844262
- Establishment ID
- 1463658
- Employer case #
- 202500008
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 20:08
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 09FEB26:16:42:00
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.