Towanda, PA —
OSHA Injury Report: Guthrie Towanda Memorial Hospital
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Guthrie Towanda Memorial Hospital in Towanda, PA 18848 resulted in days away from work. Employee was nursing Assistantsnu in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Guthrie Towanda Memorial Hospital
- Parent company
- Robert Packer Hospital
- Street
- 91 Hospital Drive
- City
- Towanda
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 18848
- On-site location
- RPH TMH SNU Short hall big bathroom
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 7
- Days restricted or transferred
- 21
Before the incident
Employee was cleaning shower after having bathed Skilled Nursing Unit resident
What happened
Per employee incident report: At [REDACTED] I got my resident around for his shower after bathing him and while cleaning the shower room I removed the bucket filled with water from the commode and it was so heavy that it bent my left-hand middle finger. Note anything you observed prior to or during the incident (odors sounds sights etc.). After finishing cleaning I felt a really bad pain in my finger What conditions influenced the incident (weather equipment malfunctions time of day stress etc.)? The shower chair bucket was wet and slippery What caused the incident? The bucket was super heavy filled to the top with water
Injury or illness
Contact with Object or Equipment Physical Injury Fracture Left third finger
Object or substance involved
Shower chair bucket
Summary line
Contact with Object or Equipment Physical Injury Fracture Left third finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Nursing Assistantsnu
- SOC code
- 31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 262
- Total hours worked
- 574897
- Establishment ID
- 1076321
- Employer case #
- 9348271
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 9:00
- Time of incident
- 10:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 16JAN26:20:32:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.