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OSHA Injury Report: Wake County Detention Center

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Wake County Detention Center in 3301 Hammond Road, Raleigh, NC 27603 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was detention Services Nurse in detention centers.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Wake County Detention Center
Parent company
Wake County Government
Street
3301 Hammond Road
City
Raleigh
State
NC
ZIP
27603
On-site location
WCDC - Medical Area

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Assisting inmates receiving medical care.

What happened

A mentally ill inmate was being placed on suicide watch and was refusing to walk and kept dropping their weight onto the floor. The Jail Nurse came out of the medical office to assist and while doing so fell down onto floor.

Injury or illness

Contusion strain to lower back and right big toe.

Object or substance involved

None

Summary line

Lower back and big right toe

Employee and industry

Job description
Detention Services Nurse
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
922140 — Detention centers
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
373
Total hours worked
720172
EIN
566000347
Establishment ID
116516
Employer case #
13802

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
9:45:00.000
Submitted
29FEB24:19:21:00

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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.