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OSHA Injury Report: Methodist West Hospital

Other illness · Job transfer or restriction

On , an other illness at Methodist West Hospital in West Des Moines, IA 50266 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was patient Care Technician NE in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

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
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Other illness (code 6)
Days restricted or transferred
8

repeated bending over to shower patient

After completing showers for the day I noticed my low back was in a lot of pain.

Pain Discomfort Back - Lower

Patient

After completing showers for the day I noticed my low back was in a lot of pain.

Job description
Patient Care Technician NE
SOC code
31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
502
Total hours worked
664413
EIN
741180155
Establishment ID
940537
Employer case #
S2025-229
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
0:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
03FEB26:19:16:00

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.