Cortez, CO —
OSHA Injury Report: Southwest Health System, Inc.
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Southwest Health System, Inc. in Cortez, CO 81321 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was eMT in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Southwest Health System, Inc.
- Parent company
- Southwest Health System, Inc.
- Street
- 1311 North Mildred Road
- City
- Cortez
- State
- CO
- ZIP
- 81321
- On-site location
- Ambulance Bay
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 2
Before the incident
Preparing to meet ambulance in ambulance bay.
What happened
450 lb pt brought in by UTE EMS. Due to weight there was stretcher malfunction. While helping unload pt the stretcher dropped shifted while employee was holding. Right shoulder pain ensued.
Injury or illness
Strain to shoulder
Object or substance involved
Heavy patient on stretcher
Summary line
450 lb pt brought in by UTE EMS. Due to weight there was stretcher malfunction. While helping unload pt the stretcher dropped shifted while employee was holding. Right shoulder pain ensued.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- EMT
- SOC code
- 29-2042 — Emergency Medical Technicians
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 379
- Total hours worked
- 640657
- EIN
- 841337350
- Establishment ID
- 668664
- Employer case #
- 392
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:00
- Time of incident
- 2:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 03FEB26:21:34:00
Source
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.