OSHA Injury Report: Valley View Retirement Community

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

employee was taking the resident into their bathroom to provide toileting assistance

What happened

Employee was assisting the resident from the wheelchair to the toilet. The resident was holding onto the handrails and once standing the resident was taking a step to the toilet and started to sit before making it the entire way to safely sit down. The employee physically turned the resident to assist with making it to the toilet and felt lower back become painful and sore

Injury or illness

lumbar strain

Object or substance involved

no object other than resident attempting to sit too soon

Summary line

lumbar strain-while assisting a resident from the wheelchair on to the toilet she went to sit down too soon and employee needed to physically turn her to put her on toilet

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

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.