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
- 3NW Patient Care space in Hospital
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 14
Before the incident
Just before the incident the employee was performing normal patient care preparing to assist a patient in pivoting to the bedside commode and retrieving a gait belt.
What happened
While the employee was retrieving the gait belt the patient who is flaccid on the right side began to pivot and started falling. The nurse quickly grabbed the patient and sat her on the bedside commode during which the nurse felt a sharp pain in the right shoulder blade and mid back.
Injury or illness
The injury was a strain in the right shoulder blade and mid back characterized by sharp pain.
Object or substance involved
The direct cause of the injury was the physical strain from supporting the patient to prevent a fall.
Summary line
Strain or Tear L-Shoulder. Pt Contact lifting and Pt maneuvering without equipment.
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 #
- 259
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 20:20
- 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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