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OSHA Injury Report: Merrill Gardens

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Merrill Gardens in Santa Maria, CA 93454 resulted in days away from work. Employee was caregiver in rest homes without nursing care.

Establishment
Merrill Gardens
Parent company
Merrill Gardens
Street
1220 Suey Road
City
Santa Maria
State
CA
ZIP
93454
On-site location
Resident room
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
2

Assisting a resident

EE alleges about [REDACTED] she was assisting a resident reposition in bed and while lifting the resident she felt heard a pop in her lower back. EE reports no obvious deformities and full range of motion despite pain.

back strain injury

N A

EE alleges about [REDACTED] she was assisting a resident reposition in bed and while lifting the resident she felt heard a pop in her lower back.

Job description
Caregiver
SOC code
31-1122 — Personal Care Aides
NAICS code
623312 — Rest homes without nursing care
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
117
Total hours worked
1992720500
EIN
852818965
Establishment ID
1539193
Employer case #
2
Date of incident
Shift started
15:01
Filing year
2025
Submitted
06MAR26:19:32:00

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.