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OSHA Injury Report: DEX-BLUE RIDGE HOSPITAL

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at DEX-BLUE RIDGE HOSPITAL in Morganton, NC 28655 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sECURITY GUARD in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.

Establishment
DEX-BLUE RIDGE HOSPITAL
Parent company
Cone Health
Street
2201 South Sterling Street
City
Morganton
State
NC
ZIP
28655
On-site location
DEXSafety and Security
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Unknown

Walked down the ED hallway mother was screaming Nurse said patient was choking and pulling mothers hair I intervened grabbing the child away from the mother Other security showed up we restrained patient Nurse and doctor were in the room Patient was given 2 shots to buttocks area In doing so patient bit me on my right thumb

Aggressive Patient Workplace ViolenceStruck Or Injured By Fellow Worker OtherLacerationHandPatient Care AssaultRestraint

Human bite

Aggressive Patient Workplace ViolenceStruck Or Injured By Fellow Worker OtherLacerationHandPatient Care AssaultRestraintHandHuman bite

Job description
SECURITY GUARD
SOC code
33-9032 — Security Guards
NAICS code
622110 — General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
4152
Total hours worked
2569124
EIN
520529945
Establishment ID
1031190
Employer case #
WC23649719
Date of incident
Time of incident
19:45:00.000
Submitted
08MAR24:00:22:00

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.