Woburn, MA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of New England
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of New England in 2 Rehabilitation Way, Woburn, MA 1801 resulted in days away from work. Employee was registered Nurse in rehabilitation hospitals (except alcoholism, drug addiction).
Where did this happen?
- Parent company
- Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of New England
- Street
- 2 Rehabilitation Way
- City
- Woburn
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 1801
- On-site location
- Patient Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 8
- Days restricted or transferred
- 98
Before the incident
Transferring a patient
What happened
While assisting patient from a bed to chair transfer. Patient was pivoting with use of walker and their knees began hurting and went weak. Employee bared all the patient 's weight while holding them up and injured his lower back in the process
Injury or illness
Lower back strain
Object or substance involved
Transferring a patient
Summary line
Lower back injury sustained during patient transfer
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Registered Nurse
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622310: Rehabilitation hospitals (except alcoholism, drug addiction)
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 385
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 403,424
- EIN
- 901015581
- Establishment ID
- 544150
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 08:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-14
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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