OSHA Injury Report: ST VINCENTS MEDICAL CENTER - BRIDGEPORT

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Employee RN was medicating a patient for combative and violent behaviors

What happened

While administering medication to a combative patient the patient forcefully swung the right leg outward pinning the employee against the stretcher The employee s left knee was slammed and pinned against the metal stretcher frame

Injury or illness

LOWER EXTREMITIES KNEE STRUCK OR INJ BY Injury

Object or substance involved

Patient and metal stretcher frame workplace violence assault with contact against fixed equipment

Summary line

While administering medication to a combative patient the patient forcefully swung the right leg outward pinning the employee against the stretcher The employee s left knee was slammed and pinned against the metal stretcher frame

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.