Colfax, WA —
OSHA Injury Report: Whitman Hospital & Medical Center
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Whitman Hospital & Medical Center in Colfax, WA 99111 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was rNFA in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Whitman Hospital & Medical Center
- Street
- 1200 W Fairview St
- City
- Colfax
- State
- WA
- ZIP
- 99111
- On-site location
- OR suite 1
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 14
Before the incident
I was assisting a Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy and had to break scrub to move our sleeping patient down in bed from under the sterile drapes. This squatting position and reaching out arms parallel to drag the patient down in bed in order to shoot cholangiogram. This motion caused a searing pain in my neck.
What happened
I was assisting a Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy and had to break scrub to move our sleeping patient down in bed from under the sterile drapes. This squatting position and reaching out arms parallel to drag the patient down in bed in order to shoot cholangiogram. This motion caused a searing pain in my neck.
Injury or illness
Strain or Tear
Object or substance involved
INJ - Strain or Injury by NOC
Summary line
I was assisting a Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy and had to break scrub to move our sleeping patient down in bed from under the sterile drapes. This squatting position and reaching out arms parallel to drag the patient down in bed in order to shoot cholang
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RNFA
- SOC code
- 00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 239
- Total hours worked
- 374259
- EIN
- 911451777
- Establishment ID
- 435520
- Employer case #
- SX33905
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30
- Time of incident
- 9:04
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 05MAR26:18:36:00
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.