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OSHA Injury Report: Palo Alto County Health System

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Palo Alto County Health System in Emmetsburg, IA 50536 resulted in days away from work. Employee was cNA in health Care.

Establishment
Palo Alto County Health System
Parent company
Palo Alto County Health System
Street
3201 1st Street
City
Emmetsburg
State
IA
ZIP
50536
On-site location
Parc Hall Long Term Care
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
180

Employee pushing residents in wheelchairs back to their rooms from the dining room

Employee reports she had already placed the [REDACTED] strap behind the resident sitting in the wheelchair with assistance from a co-worker. While she was pulling the strap under the resident 's arm and forward to hook to [REDACTED] she felt a pull in the front of her right shoulder. She reports an initial quick zing and then achy pain followed.

Ache Strain Tear to the right shoulder

Pulling and repositioning resident.

Instability and strain to the right shoulder from pulling and positioning a resident

Job description
CNA
SOC code
31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
NAICS code
622110 — Health Care
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
290
Total hours worked
487126
EIN
420455510
Establishment ID
561751
Employer case #
R2023012
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
12:30:00.000
Submitted
04JAN24:19:57:00

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.