OSHA Injury Report: Mayo Clinic Ambulance (Gold Cross Rochester)

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

On same level

What happened

We responded to a medical call at Rochester West Health services nursing facility. The patient required a sheet transfer from her bed to MCAS ambulance stretcher. The patient was obese and had a bariatric bed. The patient 's fitted sheet on bed was used to move patient from her bed to stretcher. There were 4 people in total involved in this move. Two of them which were staff there at the nursing facility and the other two being myself and my partner that day. I was at the patients upper body on the o pposite side the ambulance stretcher was on. Due to the larger size of the patient 's bed it was discussed between everyone that we would move the patient halfway first reset and then move the patient the rest of the way onto the stretcher. The first portion of the move occurred without incident. During the second portion I got on my knees on the patient 's bed as I could not reach the patient enough to move her the rest of the way due to the size of the bed. During the second move the for

Injury or illness

Ache discomfort strain sprain to Hip

Object or substance involved

Patient stretcher bed sheet pillow

Summary line

Ache discomfort strain sprain to Hip from Patient stretcher bed sheet pillow

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.