St Marys, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Penn Highlands Elk - Pinecrest Manor
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Penn Highlands Elk - Pinecrest Manor in 763 Johnsonburg Road, St Marys, PA 15857 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was cert nurse aide in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Penn Highlands Elk - Pinecrest Manor
- Parent company
- Elk Regional Health Center DBA Penn Highlands Elk
- Street
- 763 Johnsonburg Road
- City
- St Marys
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 15857
- On-site location
- RESIDENT ROOM
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 55
Before the incident
Assisting patient to stand at the bar in the bathroom.
What happened
Patient was reaching for the bar in the bathroom staff leaned passed the wheelchair to help patient lift arm to reach the bar. As the patient stood staff assisted by lifting when staff stepped to the side and stood straight to move the wheelchair pain was felt. Staff has been unable to bend at the waist without a numbing and burning sensation in their back since with some tingling and numbness extending to the arms and hands.
Injury or illness
Strain to lower back
Object or substance involved
lifting assisting of patient
Summary line
STRAIN TO LOW BACK AFTER HELPING PT LEAN TO REACH BAR IN BATHROOM
Employee and industry
- Job description
- CERT NURSE AIDE
- SOC code
- 31-1131: Nursing Assistants
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 142
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 167,068
- EIN
- 250585280
- Establishment ID
- 978054
- Employer case #
- PCM-4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-12
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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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