OSHA Injury Report: Avantara North

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Putting a wheelchair back into the shed pod.

What happened

The employee was retrieving a mattress for a possible new admission from the storage pod. She states there were wheelchairs that had to be removed to do so and then returned to the pod once the mattress was obtained. As she put them back while on the ramp the wind picked up causing her to slam her left leg into the wheelchair. At the same time her back braced or tightened causing pain and tension to the area.

Injury or illness

Tension or tightening possible spasm or seizing sensation pain upon movement to the back from below the bra-line to above the buttocks swelling to the left calf leg.

Object or substance involved

The wheelchairs and the wind.

Summary line

Putting w c back into pod when wind came up and blew the door into the w c pusing it into leg

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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.