Potsdam, NY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Canton Potsdam Hospital
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Canton Potsdam Hospital in 50 Leroy Street, Potsdam, NY 13676 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was registered Nurse 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
- incline ramp corridor
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 50
Before the incident
EE was pushing a 325 patient up the ramp to leave hospital
What happened
as she went up the ramp had numbness from hip down to foot. got worse throughout the day.
Injury or illness
back and leg strain
Object or substance involved
poor body mechanics
Summary line
I was pushing a 335lb patient up the ramp after her procedure to take her out to the car. Once I got back to the LOC and started my next case numbness went down my right leg into my right foot.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Registered Nurse
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 1,342
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 2,193,799
- Establishment ID
- 1137063
- Employer case #
- W00498623
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 10:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-20
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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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