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OSHA Injury Report: Mayo Clinic Health System-Eau Claire Hospital (Whipple)

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Mayo Clinic Health System-Eau Claire Hospital (Whipple) in Eau Claire, WI 54702 resulted in days away from work. Employee was pATIENT CARE ASSISTANT in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Mayo Clinic Health System-Eau Claire Hospital (Whipple)
Parent company
Mayo Clinic
Street
1221 Whipple Street
City
Eau Claire
State
WI
ZIP
54702
On-site location
Patient care room
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
5
Days restricted or transferred
85

Assist patient sitting standing

Patient was sitting in the wheelchair and trying to get up out of the chair. I had ahold of the gait belt to try to help her back into the chair and she fell back quickly bending my left wrist back quickly onto the back of the chair and the patient. I instantly felt a pop in my wrist and my fingers felt tingling.

Ache discomfort strain sprain to Wrist

patient wheelchair gait belt

Ache discomfort strain sprain to Wrist from patient wheelchair gait belt

Job description
PATIENT CARE ASSISTANT
SOC code
31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
3184
Total hours worked
4768035
EIN
390813418
Establishment ID
109262
Employer case #
442750
Date of incident
Shift started
19:00:00.000
Time of incident
0:40:00.000
Submitted
28FEB24:16:50:00

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.