OSHA Injury Report: BACKUS HOSPITAL

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Employee was monitoring the unit and attempting to prevent a patient from entering a restricted area nursing station area with pediatric patients

What happened

A patient attempted to enter the nursing station and pushed staff out of the way The employee intervened to prevent the patient from accessing an area where pediatric patients were present During the incident the patient made it through the door and the employee followed in an attempt to maintain safety

Injury or illness

CHEST RIBS STERNUM AND SOFT TISSUE STRUCK OR INJ BY Injury

Object or substance involved

Patient physical contact during behavioral incident

Summary line

A patient attempted to enter the nursing station and pushed staff out of the way Employee intervened to prevent patient from accessing area with pediatric patients During incident the patient made it through door and employee followed to maintain safety

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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.