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OSHA Injury Report: DHS-Independence Mental Health Institute

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at DHS-Independence Mental Health Institute in Independence, IA 50644 resulted in days away from work. Employee was resident Treatment Worker in psychiatric hospitals (except convalescent).

Establishment
DHS-Independence Mental Health Institute
Parent company
DHS
Street
2277 Iowa Ave
City
Independence
State
IA
ZIP
50644
On-site location
Ward T
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
155
Days restricted or transferred
26

Employee (EE) was responding to a mock code green for training purposes

During Mock [REDACTED] practiced [REDACTED] hold on another staff who was moving aggressively (imitating a realistic event) when EE started to experience pain in L shoulder

Left shoulder pain

Overextension of shoulder in mock hold

Overextended left shoulder while performing mock restraint on another staff

Job description
Resident Treatment Worker
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code
622210 — Psychiatric hospitals (except convalescent)
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
194
Total hours worked
363618
EIN
426004796
Establishment ID
155497
Employer case #
12
Date of incident
Shift started
6:45
Time of incident
7:45
Filing year
2025
Submitted
27FEB26:18:41:00

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.