Emmetsburg, IA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Palo Alto County Health System
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Palo Alto County Health System in 3201 1st Street, Emmetsburg, IA 50536 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was dietary Cook 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
- Nutrition Services Store Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 80
Before the incident
Employee was putting away items from a recent truck delivery
What happened
Employee picked up an awkward sized box when another coworker bumped into her causing the employee to lose hold of the box. As the box began to fall the employee strained her left arm elbow and shoulder while trying to keep hold of it.
Injury or illness
Left shoulder pain
Object or substance involved
handling of a box
Summary line
Partial thickness rotator cuff tear to the left shoulder while lifting and stabilizing a box
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Dietary Cook
- SOC code
- 35-2012: Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria
- 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 #
- R2024009
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:30
- Time of incident
- 07:30
- 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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