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OSHA Injury Report: Mercy Hospital Fort Smith

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Mercy Hospital Fort Smith in FORT SMITH, AR 729034100 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was charge RN in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.

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
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
82

Lifting and transferring patient into a dependent lift to place in wheelchair for dialysis.

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.

SPRAINSTRAIN

moving patient to place hoyer sling

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.

Job description
Charge RN
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
2269
Total hours worked
3691220
EIN
710240352
Establishment ID
708040
Employer case #
WC2025100
Date of incident
Shift started
6:24
Time of incident
7:26
Filing year
2025
Submitted
03MAR26:03:59:00

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.