Peru, IN —
OSHA Injury Report: Dukes Memorial Hospital
Other illness · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an other illness at Dukes Memorial Hospital in Peru, IN 46970 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was eMS in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Dukes Memorial Hospital
- Parent company
- Dukes Memorial Hospital
- Street
- 275 W 12th Street
- City
- Peru
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 46970
- On-site location
- ED Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Other illness (code 6)
Before the incident
Assisting a ED patient they had just brought to the Ed and placed in room 9
What happened
Patient having an episode ripped out IV and then punched employee in the face without warning. Skin abrasions from punch and blood from patient bleeing from IV site. Employee had to have change of clothes due to amount of blood on his pants.
Injury or illness
1
Object or substance involved
punch to face and BBP due to patient bleeding from site where she ripped out her IV
Summary line
Patient having an episode ripped out IV and then punched employee in the face without warning. Skin abrasions from punch and blood from patient bleeing from IV site. Employee had to have change of clothes due to amount of blood on his pants.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- EMS
- SOC code
- 29-2042 — Emergency Medical Technicians
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 175
- Total hours worked
- 311819
- EIN
- 522379885
- Establishment ID
- 856202
- Employer case #
- 21
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:00
- Time of incident
- 19:45
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 23FEB26:18:05:00
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.