Woodruff, WI ·
OSHA Injury Report: Aspirus Howard Young Medical Center
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Aspirus Howard Young Medical Center in 240 Maple Street, Woodruff, WI 54568 resulted in days away from work. Employee was paramedic in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Aspirus Howard Young Medical Center
- Parent company
- Aspirus
- Street
- 240 Maple Street
- City
- Woodruff
- State
- WI
- ZIP
- 54568
- On-site location
- Medevac/Patient's Home
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 6
Before the incident
Transferring a bariatric patient from their home shower chair to a stair chair as they were falling out of their chair and unable to stand to reposition.
What happened
While pulling the patient over the stairchair shifted pushing me backward during which I slipped on water that had accumulated. The combination of the slip and the movement of the patient resulted in immediate low back pain and muscle tightness.
Injury or illness
Low back pain and muscle tightness.
Object or substance involved
Patient weight and wet floor
Summary line
Low back pain sustained from bariatric patient transfer
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Paramedic
- SOC code
- 29-2043: Paramedics
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 364
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 508,822
- Establishment ID
- 1474868
- Employer case #
- 54728
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:50
- Time of incident
- 19:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-17
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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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