Bennington, VT ·
OSHA Injury Report: Southwestern Vermont Medical Center
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in 100 Hospital Drive, Bennington, VT 5201 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was housekeeper in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Southwestern Vermont Medical Center
- Parent company
- Southwestern Vermont Medical Center
- Street
- 100 Hospital Drive
- City
- Bennington
- State
- VT
- ZIP
- 5201
- On-site location
- Hospital
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 53
Before the incident
Low back and right shoulder injury. Employee reports that she was lifting and dumping a 30-pound container of alcohol waste into a bucket when she felt a strain in her back and right shoulder. Right shoulder resolved lower back discomfort persisted.
What happened
Low back and right shoulder injury. Employee reports that she was lifting and dumping a 30-pound container of alcohol waste into a bucket when she felt a strain in her back and right shoulder. Right shoulder resolved lower back discomfort persisted.
Injury or illness
Lumbar Strain
Object or substance involved
Ergonomics
Summary line
Low back and right shoulder injury. Employee reports that she was lifting and dumping a 30-pound container of alcohol waste into a bucket when she felt a strain in her back and right shoulder. Right shoulder resolved lower back discomfort persisted.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Housekeeper
- SOC code
- 37-2012: Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 1,050
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 1,618,408
- EIN
- 222563241
- Establishment ID
- 1520884
- Employer case #
- 32
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-03-02
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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