OSHA Injury Report: ORTHO 4 STATES SURGERY CENTER

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

assisting a visitor having a syncopal episode to the floor with 2 other coworkers

What happened

I was standing facing the left side of the visitor who was sitting in a chair. Visitor had a syncopal episode and incontinence of urine. I called out for [REDACTED] to get some assistance from the OR. [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] tech arrived for assistance. There were no stretchers available at the time incident. Visitor was unresponsive and assisted to floor by 2 coworkers and myself. I had my left arm hooked under visitor 's left arm during assistance to floor. During transfer visitor slid off chair abruptly and I had to support the patient with my left arm and at the same time my right foot slipped in water and urine that was on the floor beneath visitor causing me to catch myself while also holding visitor 's weight. Pain was immediate to lower back and upper buttocks with right side greater than left.

Injury or illness

CONTUSION AND STRAIN TO LOW BACK

Object or substance involved

VISITOR WHO WAS HAVING A MEDICAL EPISODE

Summary line

CONTUSION AND STRAIN - LOW BACK

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.