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OSHA Injury Report: ABINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at ABINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL in Abington, PA 19001 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was pATIENT CARE TECH in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
ABINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Parent company
JEFFERSON HEALTH
Street
1200 Old York Rd
City
Abington
State
PA
ZIP
19001
On-site location
1200 OLD YORK ROAD Abington PA 19001
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
7

The employee was helping a patient stand and pivot. Patient put full weight on employee while she was hunched over.

BY MYSELF I TRIED STANDING AND PIVOTING THE PATIENT BEFORE TAKING ONE STEP SHE PUTS HER WEIGHT ON ME WHILE I WAS HUNCHED OVER. I FELT A SHARP PAIN IN MY LOWER BACK.

Lumbar strain

patient

BY MYSELF I TRIED STANDING AND PIVOTING THE PATIENT BEFORE TAKING ONE STEP SHE PUTS HER WEIGHT ON ME WHILE I WAS HUNCHED OVER. I FELT A SHARP PAIN IN MY LOWER BACK.

Job description
PATIENT CARE TECH
SOC code
31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
7247
Total hours worked
7453245
EIN
231352152
Establishment ID
1152560
Employer case #
373
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
4:15
Filing year
2025
Submitted
19FEB26:00:08:00

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.