Kingsport, TN —
OSHA Injury Report: Holston Valley Medical Center
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, TN 37660 resulted in days away from work. Employee was nursing Assistant in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Holston Valley Medical Center
- Parent company
- Ballad Health
- Street
- 130 West Ravine Road
- City
- Kingsport
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 37660
- On-site location
- Patient room 62C
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 3
- Days restricted or transferred
- 32
Before the incident
Sitting with patient
What happened
Team member stated I was sitting with confused patient in [REDACTED]. Patient began spitting at me and nurse applied mask patient ripped mask off started spitting applied new one patient then upper cutted me in my sternum when I bent over to apply new mask.
Injury or illness
Assault contusion - front wall of thorax
Object or substance involved
Patient fist
Summary line
Assault contusion; middle of sternum (front wall thorax); patient fist
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Nursing Assistant
- SOC code
- 31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 1307
- Total hours worked
- 2263520
- Establishment ID
- 51550
- Employer case #
- 1693_1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:23
- Time of incident
- 21:35
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 20FEB26:14:50:00
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.