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OSHA Injury Report: Penn Highlands Brookville Hospital

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Penn Highlands Brookville Hospital in 100 Hospital Road, Brookville, PA 15825 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was pCAUNIT CLERK in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Penn Highlands Brookville Hospital
Parent company
Brookville Hospital DBA Penn Highlands Brookville
Street
100 Hospital Road
City
Brookville
State
PA
ZIP
15825
On-site location
STU Patient Care Area

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
180

Before the incident

Disarming patient 's bed alarm

What happened

Patient became aggressive and punched employee in the left side of face knocking glasses off. Patient proceeded to grab employee 's left wrist twisting it and scrunching their left little finger.

Injury or illness

Strain to left wrist

Object or substance involved

Combative patient

Summary line

STRAIN TO LEFT WRIST FROM COMBATIVE PATIENT GRABBING AND TWISTING

Employee and industry

Job description
PCAUNIT CLERK
SOC code
43-9061 — Office Clerks, General
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
180
Total hours worked
213090
EIN
250984595
Establishment ID
977697
Employer case #
BVM-5

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Filing year
2023
Submitted
14FEB24:01:04:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.