Florence, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: St Elizabeth Healthcare Florence Campus
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at St Elizabeth Healthcare Florence Campus in 4900 Houston RD, Florence, KY 41042 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was RN in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- St Elizabeth Healthcare Florence Campus
- Parent company
- ST Elizabeth Healthcare Inc
- Street
- 4900 Houston RD
- City
- Florence
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 41042
- On-site location
- Patient care Room #376
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 16
Before the incident
Just before the incident the employee was assisting a patient in getting out of bed and preparing to help the patient go to the bathroom.
What happened
While assisting the patient out of bed the employee supported the patient’s right arm and pulled her into a seated position. When the patient requested to go to the bathroom the employee extended their arm to assist but the patient pulled with more force than anticipated causing tightness and pain in the employee’s neck left side and trapezius muscle.
Injury or illness
The injury was a strain in the neck left side and trapezius muscle characterized by tightness and pain.
Object or substance involved
PT contact lifting without equipment. The direct cause of the injury was the physical strain from the patient pulling on the employee’s arm with more force than anticipated.
Summary line
Push Pull injury The employee experienced tightness and pain in the neck left side and trapezius muscle due to patient contact while assisting a patient out of bed.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 816
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 1,698,022
- Establishment ID
- 1292179
- Employer case #
- 258
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 14:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-06
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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