OSHA Injury Report: Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Patients in the day room

What happened

A patient on the unit was noted to be presenting with labile mood tearfulness and agitation on the phone in the day room. Another patient approached the patient out of concern. Spontaneously he began attacking her physically with punches. [REDACTED] came out of the nurses ' station to intervene and when she did the initial patient began assaulting RN. This writer personally witnessed at least 6 punches to RN 's upper body. 631 staff brought patient to the quiet room applied physical restraints and gave the patient IM haldol.

Injury or illness

Contusion

Object or substance involved

PATIENT

Summary line

6 punches to RN 's upper body. The team noted that the nurses face is swollen but there 's possibly other areas of the upper body that were injured.

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.