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OSHA Injury Report: Penn Highlands Elk - Pinecrest Manor

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Penn Highlands Elk - Pinecrest Manor in St Marys, PA 15857 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was cERT NURSE AIDE in general medical and surgical hospitals.

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
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
55

Assisting patient to stand at the bar in the bathroom.

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.

Strain to lower back

lifting assisting of patient

STRAIN TO LOW BACK AFTER HELPING PT LEAN TO REACH BAR IN BATHROOM

Job description
CERT NURSE AIDE
SOC code
31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
142
Total hours worked
167068
EIN
250585280
Establishment ID
978054
Employer case #
PCM-4
Date of incident
Submitted
12FEB24:00:48:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.