Morganton, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: DEX-BLUE RIDGE HOSPITAL
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at DEX-BLUE RIDGE HOSPITAL in Morganton, NC 28655 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was lPN Acute PRN in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- DEX-BLUE RIDGE HOSPITAL
- Parent company
- Cone Health
- Street
- 2201 South Sterling Street
- City
- Morganton
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28655
- On-site location
- DEXNursing Medical Surgical
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Unknown
What happened
[REDACTED] admitted for metabolic encephalopathy; given safety sitter and put in restraints when she though confused was adamant that she was leaving and there was concern that pt was high fall risk LPN was attempting to remove IV from arm and pt scratched LPN Visible scratch noted to teammates right arm but was not bleeding Charge nurse instructed teammate to go to teammate health
Injury or illness
Aggressive Patient Workplace ViolenceStruck Or Injured By Fellow Worker OtherLacerationLower ArmPatient Care AssaultRestraint
Object or substance involved
Scratch by patient
Summary line
Aggressive Patient Workplace ViolenceStruck Or Injured By Fellow Worker OtherLacerationLower ArmPatient Care AssaultRestraintLower ArmScratch by patient
Employee and industry
- Job description
- LPN Acute PRN
- SOC code
- 29-2061 — Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
- 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 #
- WC23649473
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 21:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 08MAR24:00:22:00
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.