Boyertown, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Chestnut Knoll
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Chestnut Knoll in 120 W 5th st, Boyertown, PA 19512 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was med Tech in assisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Chestnut Knoll
- Parent company
- GAHC3BOYERTOWNPAALFTRSSUBLLC
- Street
- 120 W 5th st
- City
- Boyertown
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 19512
- On-site location
- Resident Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 1
Before the incident
Regular job duties
What happened
While doing AM care on a resident I tried to get her to pivot into her wheelchair. I felt a slight pull near my belly button. It hurt and could move bending over made it hurt worse. Director of Nursing was called and I was directed to call the Triage nurse for workers comp and then went to be checked at Urgent care.
Injury or illness
Hernia of abdominal cavity
Object or substance involved
residents
Summary line
hernia of abdominal cavity
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Med Tech
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 623312: Assisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 98
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 129,397
- EIN
- 473343933
- Establishment ID
- 62940
- Employer case #
- 5
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-12
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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