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OSHA Injury Report: Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Chattanooga

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Chattanooga in Chattanooga, TN 37404 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was rNT II in physical rehabilitation hospitals.

Establishment
Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Chattanooga
Parent company
Encompass Health
Street
2412 McCallie Avenue
City
Chattanooga
State
TN
ZIP
37404
On-site location
Patient Room
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
29

Transferring the patient from wheelchair to bed.

Patient was listed as partial assist but provided employee no assistance. As the employee was lifting the patient 's legs into the bed she felt shooting pain down the lower right side of her back.

Lower back sprain

Patient mobility task(s).

Lower back pain (right) and down the leg after transferring a patient from wheelchair to bed.

Job description
RNT II
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622310 — Physical rehabilitation hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
199
Total hours worked
268398
EIN
621178229
Establishment ID
68288
Employer case #
10
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
13:00:00.000
Submitted
29JAN24:19:12:00

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.