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OSHA Injury Report: Lake Health West

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Lake Health West in Willoughby, OH 44094 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was registered Nurse Level BSN in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Lake Health West
Parent company
University Hospitals
Street
36000 Euclid Ave
City
Willoughby
State
OH
ZIP
44094
On-site location
PATIENT CARE AREA
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

PREVENTING PATIENT FROM PULLING LINES OUT

PATIENT GOT EXTUBATED. CAME BACK IN THE ROOM TO CHECK ON PATIENT AND NOTICED HE WAS TRYING TO PULL LINE OUT. TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING I WAS HOLDING HIS LFT ARM AND HE SWUNG HIS RT HAND TOWARD ME AND HIT MY RT THUMB.

SPRAIN OF RIGHT THUMB

PATIENT HANDS

PATIENT GOT EXTUBATED. CAME BACK IN THE ROOM TO CHECK ON PATIENT AND NOTICED HE WAS TRYING TO PULL LINE OUT. TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING I WAS HOLDING HIS LFT ARM AND HE SWUNG HIS RT HAND TOWARD ME AND HIT MY RT THUMB.

Job description
Registered Nurse Level BSN
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1281
Total hours worked
2149568
Establishment ID
954129
Employer case #
2025-0030
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
12:35
Filing year
2025
Submitted
09FEB26:18:47:00

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.