Florence, AL ·
OSHA Injury Report: North Alabama Medical Center
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at North Alabama Medical Center in 1701 Veterans Drive, Florence, AL 35630 resulted in days away from work. Employee was receptionist in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- North Alabama Medical Center
- Parent company
- North Alabama Medical Center
- Street
- 1701 Veterans Drive
- City
- Florence
- State
- AL
- ZIP
- 35630
- On-site location
- Physician
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 2
Before the incident
Checking in a patient at the front desk.
What happened
While checking in the patient the employee started staring blankly and threw her arms in the air and seemed to be having a seizure her chair went out from under her and she fell completely back hitting her head hard on the floor..
Injury or illness
Contusion to the head and laceration that required 9 staples and 6 sutures.
Object or substance involved
floor
Summary line
fell from chair striking head on floor
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Receptionist
- SOC code
- 43-4171: Receptionists and Information Clerks
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 1,710
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 2,512,067
- EIN
- 272451336
- Establishment ID
- 584941
- Employer case #
- 17
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:02
- Time of incident
- 13:50
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-09
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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