Newport, RI ·
OSHA Injury Report: Newport Hospital
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Newport Hospital in 20 Powel Avenue, Newport, RI 2840 resulted in days away from work. Employee was sim Ops Specialist in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Newport Hospital
- Parent company
- Newport Hospital
- Street
- 20 Powel Avenue
- City
- Newport
- State
- RI
- ZIP
- 2840
- On-site location
- NH Main Entrance parking lot
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 33
Before the incident
putting a stretcher with mannequin into the back of a van
What happened
the legs on the stretcher malfunctioned and employee complained of severe pain lower back radiating into right groin (pulsating).
Injury or illness
strain back - lower
Object or substance involved
stretcher
Summary line
Employee felt severe pain in lower back radiating to Right groin after the legs of stretcher malfunctioned
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Sim Ops Specialist
- SOC code
- 00-9900: Insufficient Information - NIOSH
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 1,111
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 1,345,145
- EIN
- 050258914
- Establishment ID
- 1074757
- Employer case #
- S2025-049
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 14:20
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-28
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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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