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OSHA Injury Report: Penn Highlands Elk

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Penn Highlands Elk in St Marys, PA 15857 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was lEAD CHARGE RN in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Penn Highlands Elk
Parent company
Elk Regional Health Center DBA Penn Highlands Elk
Street
763 Johnsonburg Road
City
St Marys
State
PA
ZIP
15857
On-site location
IMCU
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
106

Employee was doing bedside report

Employee was assisting with an agitated patient. Patient reached up and grabbed employee 's left hand. Pulled fingers all the way back and would not let go. Other staff had to assist employee with getting fingers out of patient 's hand.

Strain to left hand and fingers

combative patient

STRAIN TO LEFT HAND AND FINGERS FROM COMBATIVE PATIENT BENDING BACKWARDS

Job description
LEAD CHARGE RN
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
301
Total hours worked
333346
EIN
250585280
Establishment ID
978046
Employer case #
PHE-4
Date of incident
Submitted
11FEB24:23:50:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.