West Des Moines, IA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Methodist West Hospital
Other illness · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an other illness at Methodist West Hospital in 1660 60th St, West Des Moines, IA 50266 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was patient Care Technician NE in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Methodist West Hospital
- Parent company
- UnityPoint Health-Des Moines
- Street
- 1660 60th St
- City
- West Des Moines
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 50266
- On-site location
- Hallway on 4W
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Other illness (code 6)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 8
Before the incident
repeated bending over to shower patient
What happened
After completing showers for the day I noticed my low back was in a lot of pain.
Injury or illness
Pain Discomfort Back - Lower
Object or substance involved
Patient
Summary line
After completing showers for the day I noticed my low back was in a lot of pain.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Patient Care Technician NE
- SOC code
- 31-1131: Nursing Assistants
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 502
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 664,413
- EIN
- 741180155
- Establishment ID
- 940537
- Employer case #
- S2025-229
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-03
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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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