Joplin, MO —
OSHA Injury Report: Mercy Hospital Joplin
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Mercy Hospital Joplin in Joplin, MO 648044524 resulted in days away from work. Employee was patient Care TechnicianP in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Mercy Hospital Joplin
- Parent company
- Mercy Health
- Street
- 100 Mercy Way
- City
- Joplin
- State
- MO
- ZIP
- 648044524
- On-site location
- PATIENT ROOM
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
- Days restricted or transferred
- 76
Before the incident
Attempting to boost the patient
What happened
I pulled the draw sheet up and to the left in an attempt to boost the patient. I had a sharp pain shoot across my back but then it eased up and I didn 't think anything about it. The patient was obese over 300 lbs. and unable to assist in any way. We weren 't able to move her at all. Then we saw the pocket slider put it in place and used the draw sheet again by pulling up and to the left to boost the patient. Later after I had clocked out and went home the pain started getting a little worse. I took a couple ibuprofen and it helped a little. After getting up [REDACTED] 404 to get ready for work I was in a good bit of pain. I figured I was just a little stiff since I was just getting up. As the morning has progressed I am in a lot of pain. It hurts walking turning both to the right and the left as well as reaching up or bending forward.
Injury or illness
Strain
Object or substance involved
PATIENT
Summary line
I pulled the draw sheet up and to the left in an attempt to boost the patient. I had a sharp pain shoot across my back but then it eased up and I didn 't think anything about it. The patient was obese over 300 lbs. and unable to assist in any way. We were
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Patient Care TechnicianP
- SOC code
- 31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 1587
- Total hours worked
- 2623400
- EIN
- 270814858
- Establishment ID
- 709108
- Employer case #
- WCJOP1072
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 15:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 03MAR26:04:45:00
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.