OSHA Injury Report: Stewart Memorial Community Hospital

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Sitting in a chair at the nurses station

What happened

Employee was sitting in chair prior and wanted to strecth reaching both arms over back in a chair that can tilt backwards. As she stretched the chair wheels were not longer able to maintain and upright position and created the chair to tip all the backwards resulting in the employee falling with the chair. Employee had immediate onset of pain in the rib section on the right side lateral back side.

Injury or illness

Acute right sided thoracis back pain and acute pain of right shoulder

Object or substance involved

Floor and chair

Summary line

Went to stretch and while reaching arms above head and leaning back the backrest of the chair went as far back but the center of gravity was beyond control resulting in wheels and base of chair unable to maintain upright postion. Chair fell backwards and

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.