Brookville, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Penn Highlands Brookville Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Penn Highlands Brookville Hospital in 100 Hospital Road, Brookville, PA 15825 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was RN in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Penn Highlands Brookville Hospital
- Parent company
- Brookville Hospital DBA Penn Highlands Brookville
- Street
- 100 Hospital Road
- City
- Brookville
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 15825
- On-site location
- STU Patient Care Area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was trying to assist patient with getting up and going to the bathroom
What happened
Employee went to remove tray that was in front of the patient when the patient became agitated and pushed the tray table into the employee. Employee bent backwards and twisted lower back causing pain.
Injury or illness
Strain to lower back
Object or substance involved
Combative patient
Summary line
STRAIN TO BACK AFTER PATIENT PUSHED EMPLOYEE CAUSING BACK TO TWIST
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 180
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 213,090
- EIN
- 250984595
- Establishment ID
- 977697
- Employer case #
- BVM-4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-14
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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