Decatur, GA —
OSHA Injury Report: Emory Decatur Hospital - EHC
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
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.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
[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.
What happened
Assaulted by agitated pt and hit in the face and neck while redirecting pt back to room
Injury or illness
Contusion Multiple Body Parts
Object or substance involved
Closed Fist
Summary line
Patient was VERY agitated
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:53
- Time of incident
- 20:19
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 20FEB26:20:34:00
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.