Muscle Shoals, AL ·
OSHA Injury Report: North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at North Alabama Shoals Hospital in 201 W Avalon Ave, Muscle Shoals, AL 35661 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was security Guard in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- North Alabama Shoals Hospital
- Parent company
- North Alabama Shoals Hospital
- Street
- 201 W Avalon Ave
- City
- Muscle Shoals
- State
- AL
- ZIP
- 35661
- On-site location
- Med Surg Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Responding to a call
What happened
[REDACTED] around [REDACTED] Patient was asked to give home medications to RN and she refused. The house supervisor tried to retrieve the bag of medications and patient became combative. Myself and few of the nurses on the unit had to restrain patient in order to retrieve medications. Discoloration to the L side of the face and slight swelling under the L eye she also had broke my glasses due to multiple closed fist hits. There is also a small bruise to my Right inner bicep a small fingernail scratch to R forearm
Injury or illness
Discoloration to the left side of face swelling under left eye broke glasses
Object or substance involved
Combative patient
Summary line
Hit in face by combative patient
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Security Guard
- SOC code
- 33-9032: Security Guards
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 293
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 449,444
- Establishment ID
- 1135513
- Employer case #
- M213085
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 22:00
- Time of incident
- 00:10
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-23
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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