Worcester, MA —
OSHA Injury Report: Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital
Poisoning · Days away from work
At a glance
On , a poisoning at Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital in 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
- Avg employees
- 308
- Total hours worked
- 340845
- EIN
- 42948290
- Establishment ID
- 816793
- Employer case #
- 23-Feb
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 21:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 27FEB24:19:20:00
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.