OSHA Injury Report: Avamere at Sandy

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Waiting for care staff to enter the resident 's apartment so that they could complete a two-person pivot transfer of resident

What happened

Resident was not responding to directions resident would not let go of transfer pole swung himself around on transfer pole. Staff was attempting to transfer resident from his bed to his wheelchair. Resident 's wife was trying to pull resident down into his wheelchair before med tech was ready. Resident grabbed onto transfer pole again and the arm of the wheelchair and began shaking the wheelchair. When resident 's wife tried to pull resident down into his wheelchair the resident let go of the transfer pole and grabbed the med tech 's arm pulling the med tech down with him as he sat.

Injury or illness

Strain of middle and lower back

Object or substance involved

Taking the residents ' full weight during the transfer and being pulled down by the resident during the transfer

Summary line

Strain of middle and lower back

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.