Emmetsburg, IA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Palo Alto County Health System
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Palo Alto County Health System in 3201 1st Street, Emmetsburg, IA 50536 resulted in days away from work. Employee was home Care Aide in health Care.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Palo Alto County Health System
- Parent company
- Palo Alto County Health System
- Street
- 3201 1st Street
- City
- Emmetsburg
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 50536
- On-site location
- Motor vehicle accident while traveling to a home care visit
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 12
Before the incident
Driving her personal vehicle to a home care visit.
What happened
Employee was driving down the hill towards a traffic light; while attempting to stop she slid through the intersection and was hit by another vehicle on the passenger side of the vehicle. The impact spun the employee 's vehicle around. Airbags did not deploy.
Injury or illness
Headache neck and right shoulder strain.
Object or substance involved
Motor vehicle accident.
Summary line
Right side of neck and shoulder pain with numbness and tingling headache and low back pain and left knee pain from MVA.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Home Care Aide
- SOC code
- 31-1121: Home Health Aides
- NAICS code
- 622110: Health Care
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 290
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 490,649
- EIN
- 420455510
- Establishment ID
- 561751
- Employer case #
- R2024003
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 08:10
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-07
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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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