Gaffney, SC ·
OSHA Injury Report: Cherokee Medical Center
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Cherokee Medical Center in 1530 N. Limestone St., Gaffney, SC 29340 resulted in days away from work. Employee was paramedicSenior in hospital.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Cherokee Medical Center
- Parent company
- SPARTANBURG REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
- Street
- 1530 N. Limestone St.
- City
- Gaffney
- State
- SC
- ZIP
- 29340
- On-site location
- CMC Emergency Dept patient room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 19
- Days restricted or transferred
- 112
Before the incident
patient handling
What happened
Description of Occurrence*: [REDACTED] [REDACTED] (Electronic Report) I was at the head of a patient for a transfer. I grabbed patient under arms. This was a 4 person move. As we began to move patient I felt a grinding then a pop. I lost all strength in my left arm. Activity Before Incident: receiving transfer report on patient
Injury or illness
left shoulder strain
Object or substance involved
patient handling
Summary line
left shoulder strain
Employee and industry
- Job description
- ParamedicSenior
- SOC code
- 00-9900: Insufficient Information - NIOSH
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospital
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 121
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 126,281
- Establishment ID
- 826681
- Employer case #
- EV2025295
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 12:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-20
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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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