OSHA Injury Report: Aurora Medical Center Summit

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Patient having surgery in [REDACTED] on left lower extremity- waking from anesthesia - but still needed to be splinted.

What happened

I was the circulating nurse in the case. The case was not quite completed as the patient still needed to be splinted. The surgical tech in the case did tell anesthesia that the we still needed to splint but patient was brought out of general anesthesia. As [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] were trying to splint patient patient was restless and moving around on surgical table. I was trying to hold patient into place to prevent her from falling off of table.

Injury or illness

Strain

Object or substance involved

patient

Summary line

As I was holding her in place as she was moving her right leg and hips around (she did have safety belt in place) I felt a tight pull in my mid back on my right side near my spine.Patient having surgery in [REDACTED] on left lower extremity- waking from a

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.