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OSHA Injury Report: St. Joseph Medical Center Main Campus

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at St. Joseph Medical Center Main Campus in Bellingham, WA 98225 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was environmental Svc Attendant I in healthcare.

Establishment
St. Joseph Medical Center Main Campus
Parent company
PeaceHealth
Street
2901 Squalicum Pkwy
City
Bellingham
State
WA
ZIP
98225
On-site location
St. Joseph Medical Center
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Emptying a garbage tote of its linen and garbage

Was attempting to lift a very heavy blue linen bag filled with wet towels out of the garbage tote and into the cart we hold linen into. Upon lifting over my head since you have to to get it into the cart. A sharp pain appeared in my lower back; the pain lasted around 10 minutes. Upon feeling better I continued my shift. The pain got worse over the [REDACTED].

Multiple Body Parts- Strain Sprain

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Sharp pain in back while lifting heavy linen bag

Job description
Environmental Svc Attendant I
SOC code
37-2019 — Building Cleaning Workers, All Other
NAICS code
622110 — Healthcare
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
2470
Total hours worked
3442459
EIN
910939479
Establishment ID
934879
Employer case #
2025-0078
Date of incident
Shift started
22:30
Time of incident
3:45
Filing year
2025
Submitted
30JAN26:23:53:00

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.