Defiance, OH ·
OSHA Injury Report: Defiance Regional Medical Center
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Defiance Regional Medical Center in 1200 Ralston Ave., Defiance, OH 43512 resulted in days away from work. Employee was occupTherapistDRHN in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Defiance Regional Medical Center
- Parent company
- ProMedica
- Street
- 1200 Ralston Ave.
- City
- Defiance
- State
- OH
- ZIP
- 43512
- On-site location
- Rehab - Total Rehab - Defiance OT - 7393
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 145
- Days restricted or transferred
- 39
Before the incident
inpatient treatment
What happened
This writing therapist was treating an inpatient working on self care skills assisted patient with transfer to bedside commode with patient assist and returned patient to sitting edge of bed post toileting. Patient instruction completed for technique for log rolling to return to supine in bed and she was working on this skill with needed assist to bring legs up into the bed. Therapist squatted to assist patient with legs into bed and with lifting legs felt a sharp pain in lower back. patient was safely repositioned in bed and was following therapist instruction for technique and safety. Therapist ongoing pain in lower back
Injury or illness
Strain
Object or substance involved
patient
Summary line
StrainBack-Lower (Lumbar)Employee was assisting a patient into bed and hurt their back.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- OccupTherapistDRHN
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 622110: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 385
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 419,257
- EIN
- 344446484
- Establishment ID
- 1155023
- Employer case #
- 347941
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 10:10
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-24
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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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