OSHA Injury Report: Station 5-1 EMS

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Sheet transfer of patient from patient 's home bed to the ambulance stretcher

What happened

The following account is directly from [REDACTED] On call #f250008698 on [REDACTED] I injured my left shoulder while lifting a 200lb+ septic pt. Pt was located on a very squishy bed. Pt was wrapped burrito style in his own sheets. I was on the far side of the gurney reaching across to the pt. I intend to slide the pt onto the gurney but did not expect the bed to be as deep and squishy as it was. The pt was already in motion when I realized the pt would need a slight lift to get him up onto the gurney. I lifted the pt up onto the gurney with arms extended causing increased weight due to the pt being further from my body and a slight jerking motion to get the pt up to the gurney. I felt a sharp pain in my shoulder at the point of the acromion and humeral head. It felt like it got caught internally. I rotated it away from the pain and regained full range of motion. But now I have sharp pains when I move and rotate my shoulder in certain directions and it hurts to lift weight at certain an

Injury or illness

Strain to Left Shoulder

Object or substance involved

patient weight

Summary line

Strain to Left Shoulder caused by patient weight

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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.