Huntsvillle, AL —
OSHA Injury Report: Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of North Alabama
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of North Alabama in Huntsvillle, AL 35811 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was occupational Therapist in rehabilitation hospitals (except alcoholism, drug addiction).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of North Alabama
- Parent company
- Encompass Health
- Street
- 1490 Highway 72 East
- City
- Huntsvillle
- State
- AL
- ZIP
- 35811
- On-site location
- Patient Room 115
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 106
Before the incident
Assisting patient in the restroom.
What happened
Employee was assisting patient transfer from the toilet to the wheelchair when the patient stopped following directions. Employee called for help and held patient 's weight for 5 minutes and made the decision to move patient by herself to the wheelchair.
Injury or illness
Back Strain
Object or substance involved
Patient 's weight
Summary line
Strained Back
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Occupational Therapist
- SOC code
- 29-1122 — Occupational Therapists
- NAICS code
- 622310 — Rehabilitation hospitals (except alcoholism, drug addiction)
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 249
- Total hours worked
- 464338
- EIN
- 371921725
- Establishment ID
- 1109185
- Employer case #
- 17
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 7:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 22JAN2025:22:49:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.