Emmetsburg, IA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Palo Alto County Health System
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Palo Alto County Health System in 3201 1st Street, Emmetsburg, IA 50536 resulted in days away from work. Employee was CNA in health Care.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 180
Before the incident
Employee pushing residents in wheelchairs back to their rooms from the dining room
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Ache Strain Tear to the right shoulder
Object or substance involved
Pulling and repositioning resident.
Summary line
Instability and strain to the right shoulder from pulling and positioning a resident
Employee and industry
- Job description
- CNA
- SOC code
- 31-1131: Nursing Assistants
- NAICS code
- 622110: Health Care
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 290
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 487,126
- EIN
- 420455510
- Establishment ID
- 561751
- Employer case #
- R2023012
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 12:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-04
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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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