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OSHA Injury Report: Southwest Health System, Inc.

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

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.

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
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
2

Preparing to meet ambulance in ambulance bay.

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.

Strain to shoulder

Heavy patient on stretcher

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.

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
Date of incident
Shift started
18:00
Time of incident
2:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
03FEB26:21:34:00

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.