Emmetsburg, IA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Palo Alto County Health System
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Palo Alto County Health System in 3201 1st Street, Emmetsburg, IA 50536 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was registered Nurse 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
- Transport van floor outside the font of the hospital
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
routine clinic duties
What happened
Employee responded to a [REDACTED] paged overhead. When lifting and transferring a patient from the floor of a minivan employee developed acute mid and low back pain.
Injury or illness
Back Strain
Object or substance involved
Muscle strain associated with faulty body mechanics and awkward positioning during floor to wheelchair transfer.
Summary line
Back strain from lifting and transferring a patient
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Registered Nurse
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- 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 #
- R2024008
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:30
- Time of incident
- 11:00
- 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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