OSHA Injury Report: MERCY HOSPITAL LOVE COUNTY

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Responding to a 911 call

What happened

While transporting pt to hospital unit struck curb at highway speeds resulting in myself being thrown into air I reached up to grasp headache bar and placed a foot onto bottom rail of stretcher to prevent falling onto pt. Then when the unit landed my tailbone struck bench hard when I fell back to bench seat Had sudden sharp pain to lumbar spine area which radiated to L side of back. Also have bruised feeling to L buttocks area. While continuing transport struck another bump in [REDACTED] area resulting in further pain. Once at hospital it became clear that movement aggravated pain. Pt report was given and unit returned to station and [REDACTED] M [REDACTED] was made aware who then told [REDACTED] [REDACTED].

Injury or illness

CONTUSION

Object or substance involved

Ambulance striking the curb

Summary line

CONTUSION- LOWER BACK- ALBULANCE STRIKING CURB

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.