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 facilities Director 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
- Behind Maintenance Shop
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 14
Before the incident
Getting equipment ready to load and spread fertilizer
What happened
Employee had been lifting fertilizer bags and dumping them into the spreader. When lifting a bag he felt a crunch and had pain to the left shoulder.
Injury or illness
Left Shoulder X-ray negative. MRI showed minimal tendinopathy involving the upper third of the subscapularis tendon. Evaluated by Physical Therapy and given home exercises to strengthen the left shoulder.
Object or substance involved
Forty-pound fertilizer bag
Summary line
Left shoulder pain from lifting fertilizer bags.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Facilities Director
- SOC code
- 406821: Facilities Managers
- NAICS code
- 622110: Health Care
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 270
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 493,833
- EIN
- 420455510
- Establishment ID
- 561751
- Employer case #
- R2025002
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 17:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-16
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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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