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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 lPN Acute PRN 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
DEXNursing Medical Surgical
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Unknown

[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

Aggressive Patient Workplace ViolenceStruck Or Injured By Fellow Worker OtherLacerationLower ArmPatient Care AssaultRestraint

Scratch by patient

Aggressive Patient Workplace ViolenceStruck Or Injured By Fellow Worker OtherLacerationLower ArmPatient Care AssaultRestraintLower ArmScratch by patient

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
Date of incident
Time of incident
21:00:00.000
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.