FORT SMITH, AR ·
OSHA Injury Report: Mercy Hospital Fort Smith
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Mercy Hospital Fort Smith in 7301 Rogers Ave, FORT SMITH, AR 729034100 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was charge RN in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Mercy Hospital Fort Smith
- Parent company
- Mercy Health
- Street
- 7301 Rogers Ave
- City
- FORT SMITH
- State
- AR
- ZIP
- 729034100
- On-site location
- 3RD FLOOR PATIENT ROOM
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 82
Before the incident
Lifting and transferring patient into a dependent lift to place in wheelchair for dialysis.
What happened
While assisting with repositioning a patient in order to attach a sling to the Hoyer lift I experienced a sudden severe sharp pain in my left lower back. The pain radiated into my left my hip groin and medupper back. This occurred during the adjustment of the patient 's position. The pain persisted for the remainder of my shift. Later in the shift I bent over to assess a chest tube and had significant difficulty standing back up due to the pain.
Injury or illness
SPRAINSTRAIN
Object or substance involved
moving patient to place hoyer sling
Summary line
While assisting with repositioning a patient in order to attach a sling to the Hoyer lift I experienced a sudden severe sharp pain in my left lower back. The pain radiated into my left my hip groin and mid upper back.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Charge RN
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 2,269
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 3,691,220
- EIN
- 710240352
- Establishment ID
- 708040
- Employer case #
- WC2025100
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:24
- Time of incident
- 07:26
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-03-03
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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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