OSHA Injury Report: Marion General Hospital

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Patient is confused and restless this nurse tries to assist other staff members in keeping patient safe and in the bed. assisted other staff members to take patient down to CT scan where we had to pull patient over onto CT scanner. also attempted to help staff turn and clean patient from incontinence and continued to try to keep patient in bed so that he would not fall and injure himself.

What happened

Patient continually grabbing and pulling at my right wrist trying to pull himself up so that he could try to get out of bed. started to push the 2N Hercules bed back to 2N. At this point my wrist neck and shoulder are all sore and hurting. While pushing bed I experienced a sharp pain in my wrist that traveled up my arm into my neck shoulder and back.

Injury or illness

Right wrist sprain Cervical sprain

Object or substance involved

Equipment

Summary line

While pushing bed experienced sharp pain in wrist that traveled up my arm into neck shoulder and back.

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

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.