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OSHA Injury Report: Emory Decatur Hospital - EHC

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Emory Decatur Hospital - EHC in Decatur, GA 30033 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was patient Care Tech II in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Emory Decatur Hospital - EHC
Parent company
Emory Healthcare
Street
2701 North Decatur Road
City
Decatur
State
GA
ZIP
30033
On-site location
EDH 3400 Unit 60's hall next to fire door
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

[REDACTED] [REDACTED] was VERY agitated in the hall going into other patients rooms. During this time I was trying to help the tech redirect the patient back into his room. While redirecting patient I was standing near the fire door when patient lunged an punched me in the side of my face and neck.

Assaulted by agitated pt and hit in the face and neck while redirecting pt back to room

Contusion Multiple Body Parts

Closed Fist

Patient was VERY agitated

Job description
Patient Care Tech II
SOC code
31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
3024
Total hours worked
4220850
EIN
582137993
Establishment ID
1422479
Employer case #
S2025-318
Date of incident
Shift started
18:53
Time of incident
20:19
Filing year
2025
Submitted
20FEB26:20:34:00

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.