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OSHA Injury Report: WakeMed Cary Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at WakeMed Cary Hospital in Cary, NC 27518 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was clinical Nurse in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
WakeMed Cary Hospital
Parent company
WakeMed Health & Hospitals
Street
1900 Kildaire Farm Road
City
Cary
State
NC
ZIP
27518
On-site location
CARY HOSPITAL
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Nursing Assessment: Spoke with EE regarding injury report. A patient lunged at a sitter 's neck. The EE redirected the patient by shoulders. Patient swung fist at nurse. Hit sitter with elbow and punched EE in the right eye. At this time the eye is all colors of bruising with slight swelling on lower eyelid but not painful per EE 's statement. EE went to ED per One Call instruction. EE is scheduled for follow up with Dr. [REDACTED] on [REDACTED] [REDACTED] at [REDACTED] for a return to work note. EE declined being seen in Occ Health at this time. EE verbally acknowledged receiving WC booklet information via email; that WM is self-insured and OH directs all care for the injury. EE verbally acknowledged appointment date time and location of f u with Dr. [REDACTED]. EE verbally acknowledged the need to bring all ED paperwork to the appointment with Dr. [REDACTED].

Nursing Assessment: Spoke with EE regarding injury report. A patient lunged at a sitter 's neck. The EE redirected the patient by shoulders. Patient swung fist at nurse. Hit sitter with elbow and punched EE in the right eye. At this time the eye is all colors of bruising with slight swelling on lower eyelid but not painful per EE 's statement. EE went to ED per One Call instruction. EE is scheduled for follow up with Dr. [REDACTED] on [REDACTED] [REDACTED] at [REDACTED] for a return to work note. EE declined being seen in Occ Health at this time. EE verbally acknowledged receiving WC booklet information via email; that WM is self-insured and OH directs all care for the injury. EE verbally acknowledged appointment date time and location of f u with Dr. [REDACTED]. EE verbally acknowledged the need to bring all ED paperwork to the appointment with Dr. [REDACTED].

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Job description
Clinical Nurse
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1962
Total hours worked
2050165
EIN
566017737
Establishment ID
628745
Employer case #
WWMED-2023
Date of incident
Shift started
18:15:00.000
Time of incident
22:00:00.000
Submitted
23JAN24:19:41:00

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.