Police say an employee at Penn Highlands Elk was assaulted by a man who was being treated at the hospital earlier this month.
Court papers say 54-year-old Michael Beck of Ridgway tried to use his teeth to take an IV out of his arm and when the woman tried to stop him he kicked her in the stomach, punched her and grabbed her wrist, tearing a ligament.
She was told not to work for at least 10 days.
Beck is charged with aggravated assault.