OSHA Injury Report: RiverValley Hospital

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Employee was administering a physical restraint.

What happened

Staff were involved in a restraint with a patient on the East unit. Employee was covering the lower legs and patient was able to lift employee off the ground several times causing her to land on her elbow hard. evening and left to go home and ice it down. She said she filled out an FROI [REDACTED] but again it 's on the wrong form. She followed up the [REDACTED] because the swelling was pretty bad and at that time she had been told by the doctor that she had torn a ligament in her Left Elbow. She said this was not the same elbow as the last injury and that she had had her left elbow surgically repaired in the

Injury or illness

Sprain left forearm and elbow.

Object or substance involved

Floor

Summary line

contusion left elbow. During physical restraint employee 's coworker fell on employee 's left elbow

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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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.