OSHA Injury Report: Mayo Clinic Health System-Red Wing

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Position reposition patient

What happened

We were doing an [REDACTED] and PAP smear on a patient in the endoscopy room. The room and cart are not set up for this type of procedure (no stirrups on the bed). Dr. was having difficulty visualizing the cervix and the patient needed to be repositioned multi ple times. Myself and another coworker attempted to lift the patients lower body up three different times to place a stack of blankets under her bottom. When this didn 't work we had to slide the patient to the end of the bed and hold her legs up for Dr. and then slide her back to the top of the bed. Following the multiple attempts repositioning of the patient I was experiencing right shoulder and right sided upper back pain.

Injury or illness

Ache discomfort strain sprain to Shoulder

Object or substance involved

Patient staff physically lifting patient

Summary line

Ache discomfort strain sprain to Shoulder from Patient staff physically lifting patient

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.