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OSHA Injury Report: Vernon Health Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Vernon Health Hospital in Viroqua, WI 54665 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was eR Tech in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
Vernon Health Hospital
Parent company
Vernon Memorial Healthcare
Street
507 S. Main Street
City
Viroqua
State
WI
ZIP
54665
On-site location
ER
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Preparing patient to be transferred from CT table to ER cot utilizing a 2 person transfer and SLIP device

Employee was transferring patient from CT table to ER cot. She utilized another employee to complete a 2 person transfer as well as a SLIP device for transfer assistance and friction prevention. While completing the transfer the employee felt her lower back strain resulting in pain and stiffness.

Lower back strain

None

Back Strain

Job description
ER Tech
SOC code
29-2042 — Emergency Medical Technicians
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
336
Total hours worked
531532
Establishment ID
1074889
Employer case #
20252
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
13:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
20JAN26:15:51:00

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.