Potsdam, NY —
OSHA Injury Report: Canton Potsdam Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Canton Potsdam Hospital in Potsdam, NY 13676 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was laboratory Assistant in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Canton Potsdam Hospital
- Parent company
- St. Lawrence Health
- Street
- 50 Leroy Street
- City
- Potsdam
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 13676
- On-site location
- laboratory
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
working
What happened
I leaned over to draw a patient and something in my lower back popped and a pain shot down my leg. I went to stand back up and had difficulty.
Injury or illness
back strain
Object or substance involved
poor body mechanics
Summary line
I leaned over to draw a patient and something in my lower back popped and a pain shot down my leg. I went to stand back up and had difficulty.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Laboratory Assistant
- SOC code
- 29-2012 — Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 1342
- Total hours worked
- 2193799
- Establishment ID
- 1137063
- Employer case #
- W00458328
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 8:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 20FEB26:18:53:00
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.