Reading, PA —
OSHA Injury Report: Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Reading
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Reading in Reading, PA 19607 resulted in days away from work. Employee was rehab Nursing Tech in rehabilitation hospitals (except alcoholism, drug addiction).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Reading
- Parent company
- Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Reading
- Street
- 1623 Morgantown Road
- City
- Reading
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 19607
- On-site location
- Patient Room 7B
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 16
Before the incident
Performing routine morning duties with her patient assignment.
What happened
Employee was with her patient who was a max 2 assist but the other Tech was not available to help. The employee got the patient dressed in bed and while she was getting her ready the patient was hitting kicking spitting and pulling the employee. The patient pulled the employee so hard that afterwards the employee 's back felt like it was on fire.
Injury or illness
Back strain
Object or substance involved
Patient pulling the employee
Summary line
Back
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Rehab Nursing Tech
- SOC code
- 21-1015 — Rehabilitation Counselors
- NAICS code
- 622310 — Rehabilitation hospitals (except alcoholism, drug addiction)
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 199
- Total hours worked
- 270177
- EIN
- 721397929
- Establishment ID
- 1084270
- Employer case #
- 008
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30
- Time of incident
- 8:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 27FEB2025:17:59:00
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.