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OSHA Injury Report: Ballad Health-Unicoi County Hospital

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Ballad Health-Unicoi County Hospital in Erwin, TN 37650 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was radiology Tech in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Ballad Health-Unicoi County Hospital
Parent company
Unicoi County Hospital
Street
2030 Temple Hill Rd
City
Erwin
State
TN
ZIP
37650
On-site location
EMS bay outside of Emergency Department
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
180

Team Member assisting coroner with removal of obese expired patient.

Team member assisted coroner with transporting expired patient from Emergency department to vehicle in [REDACTED] area. Coroner asked Team Member to engage pull handle on gurney to adjust level of gurney stretcher. Team member pulled handle and gurney slammed to the ground causing the team member to be pulled down with it very forcefully.

Injury to lower back.

Gurney stretcher handle.

Injury to lower back from [REDACTED] [REDACTED].

Job description
Radiology Tech
SOC code
29-2034 — Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
77
Total hours worked
127079
EIN
620476282
Establishment ID
932330
Employer case #
2
Date of incident
Shift started
17:30:00.000
Time of incident
4:30:00.000
Submitted
25JAN24:21:56:00

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.