OSHA Injury Report: Knoxville Rehabilitation Hospital

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

WHILE ASSISTING MY PATIENT IN [REDACTED] TO THE BATHROOM HER LEGS BECAME WEAK AND SHE LOWERED HERSELF TO THE FLOOR BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET HERSELF BACK UP SO I WENT TO GET HER [REDACTED] TO CHECK HER AND TO HELP ME GET HER UP. THE [REDACTED] GOT UNDER ONE ARM AND I GOT UNDER THE OTHER ARM WE EACH GRABBED HER GAITBELT AS WELL AND HELPED HER ONTO HER FEET. WHILE HELPING THE PATIENT UP I FELT SHARP PAINS SHOOT DOWN INTO MY RIGHT HIP AND LEG FROM MY LOWER BACK. THE PAIN GOT WORSE THROUGH MY SHIFT AND BY THE TIME OF MY DOCTORS APPT AT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] I WAS HAVING CONSTANT PAIN AND SPASMS FROM MY HIP DOWN TO MY ANKLE WITH NUMBNESS AND TINGLING DOWN TO MY TOES. I HAD HURT MY BACK AT HOME TWO WEEKS BEFORE BUT AFTER TREATMEANT FROM MY DOCTOR MY SYMPTOMS HAD GONE AWAY. THE INCIDENT LISTED ABOVE REINJURED MY BACK AND HAS CAUSED WORSE PAIN THAN I HAD THE FIRST TIME.

What happened

WHILE ASSISTING MY PATIENT IN [REDACTED] TO THE BATHROOM HER LEGS BECAME WEAK AND SHE LOWERED HERSELF TO THE FLOOR BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET HERSELF BACK UP SO I WENT TO GET HER [REDACTED] TO CHECK HER AND TO HELP ME GET HER UP. THE [REDACTED] GOT UNDER ONE ARM AND I GOT UNDER THE OTHER ARM WE EACH GRABBED HER GAITBELT AS WELL AND HELPED HER ONTO HER FEET. WHILE HELPING THE PATIENT UP I FELT SHARP PAINS SHOOT DOWN INTO MY RIGHT HIP AND LEG FROM MY LOWER BACK. THE PAIN GOT WORSE THROUGH MY SHIFT AND BY THE TIME OF MY DOCTORS APPT AT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] I WAS HAVING CONSTANT PAIN AND SPASMS FROM MY HIP DOWN TO MY ANKLE WITH NUMBNESS AND TINGLING DOWN TO MY TOES. I HAD HURT MY BACK AT HOME TWO WEEKS BEFORE BUT AFTER TREATMEANT FROM MY DOCTOR MY SYMPTOMS HAD GONE AWAY. THE INCIDENT LISTED ABOVE REINJURED MY BACK AND HAS CAUSED WORSE PAIN THAN I HAD THE FIRST TIME.

Injury or illness

WHILE ASSISTING MY PATIENT IN ROOM 107 TO THE BATHROOM HER LEGS BECAME WEAK AND SHE LOWERED HERSELF TO THE FLOOR BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET HERSELF BACK UP SO I WENT TO GET HER NURSE TO CHECK HER AND TO HELP ME GET HER UP. THE NURSE GOT UNDER ONE ARM AND I GOT UNDER THE OTHER ARM WE EACH GRABBED HER GAITBELT AS WELL AND HELPED HER ONTO HER FEET. WHILE HELPING THE PATIENT UP I FELT SHARP PAINS SHOOT DOWN INTO MY RIGHT HIP AND LEG FROM MY LOWER BACK. THE PAIN GOT WORSE THROUGH MY SHIFT AND BY THE TIME OF MY DOCTORS APPT AT 11:30 AM THURSDAY I WAS HAVING CONSTANT PAIN AND SPASMS FROM MY HIP DOWN TO MY ANKLE WITH NUMBNESS AND TINGLING DOWN TO MY TOES. I HAD HURT MY BACK AT HOME TWO WEEKS BEFORE BUT AFTER TREATMEANT FROM MY DOCTOR MY SYMPTOMS HAD GONE AWAY. THE INCIDENT LISTED ABOVE REINJURED MY BACK AND HAS CAUSED WORSE PAIN THAN I HAD THE FIRST TIME.

Object or substance involved

WHILE ASSISTING MY PATIENT IN ROOM 107 TO THE BATHROOM HER LEGS BECAME WEAK AND SHE LOWERED HERSELF TO THE FLOOR BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET HERSELF BACK UP SO I WENT TO GET HER NURSE TO CHECK HER AND TO HELP ME GET HER UP. THE NURSE GOT UNDER ONE ARM AND I GOT UNDER THE OTHER ARM WE EACH GRABBED HER GAITBELT AS WELL AND HELPED HER ONTO HER FEET. WHILE HELPING THE PATIENT UP I FELT SHARP PAINS SHOOT DOWN INTO MY RIGHT HIP AND LEG FROM MY LOWER BACK. THE PAIN GOT WORSE THROUGH MY SHIFT AND BY THE TIME OF MY DOCTORS APPT AT 11:30 AM THURSDAY I WAS HAVING CONSTANT PAIN AND SPASMS FROM MY HIP DOWN TO MY ANKLE WITH NUMBNESS AND TINGLING DOWN TO MY TOES. I HAD HURT MY BACK AT HOME TWO WEEKS BEFORE BUT AFTER TREATMEANT FROM MY DOCTOR MY SYMPTOMS HAD GONE AWAY. THE INCIDENT LISTED ABOVE REINJURED MY BACK AND HAS CAUSED WORSE PAIN THAN I HAD THE FIRST TIME.

Summary line

WHILE ASSISTING MY PATIENT IN ROOM 107 TO THE BATHROOM HER LEGS BECAME WEAK AND SHE LOWERED HERSELF TO THE FLOOR BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET HERSELF BACK UP SO I WENT TO GET HER NURSE TO CHECK HER AND TO HELP ME GET HER UP. THE NURSE GOT UNDER ONE ARM AND I GO

Employee and industry

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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 — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.