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OSHA Injury Report: Buchanan County Health Center

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Buchanan County Health Center in Independence, IA 50644 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rN in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
Buchanan County Health Center
Parent company
Peoples Memorial Hospital
Street
1600 1st St E
City
Independence
State
IA
ZIP
50644
On-site location
Emergency Dept
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Transferring patient

Strained right lower back during patient handling of quadriplegic patient

strain-lower back

Patient weight

Strained right lower back during patient handling of quadriplegic patient

Job description
RN
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
356
Total hours worked
496521
EIN
420737498
Establishment ID
1170296
Employer case #
7275
Date of incident
Shift started
18:30
Time of incident
21:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
27FEB26:20:34:00

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.