Worcester, MA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital
Poisoning · Days away from work
At a glance
On , a poisoning at Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital in 189 May Street, Worcester, MA 01602 resulted in days away from work. Employee was RNT Rehabilitation nursing tech in physical rehabilitation hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital
- Parent company
- Encompass Health
- Street
- 189 May Street
- City
- Worcester
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 01602
- On-site location
- Patient room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Poisoning (code 4)
- Days away from work
- 180
Before the incident
The employee was transferring a patient from the toilet to the wheelchair.
What happened
The patient started to not bear any weight which put increased weight on the 2 employees who were assisting with the transfer.
Injury or illness
Strained lower back.
Object or substance involved
Increased patient weight during transfer.
Summary line
Lower back strain
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RNT Rehabilitation nursing tech
- SOC code
- 29-2099: Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other
- NAICS code
- 622310: Physical rehabilitation hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 308
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 340,845
- EIN
- 42948290
- Establishment ID
- 816793
- Employer case #
- 23-Feb
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 21:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-27
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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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