Punxsutawney, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Punxsutawney Area Hospital
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Punxsutawney Area Hospital in 81 Hillcrest Drive, Punxsutawney, PA 15767 resulted in days away from work. Employee was registered Nurse in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Punxsutawney Area Hospital
- Parent company
- Punxsutawney Area Hospital
- Street
- 81 Hillcrest Drive
- City
- Punxsutawney
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 15767
- On-site location
- med surge floor
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 5
Before the incident
assisting patient going to the bathroom
What happened
Patient returning from bathroom began to lean backwards and sway. IW got behind patient to stabilize and prevent patient from hitting the floor resulting in back strain
Injury or illness
back strain
Object or substance involved
patient weight
Summary line
Patient returning from bathroom began to lean backwards and sway. IW got behind patient to stabilize and prevent patient from hitting the floor resulting in back strain
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Registered Nurse
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 397
- Total hours worked
- 672696
- EIN
- 251842046
- Establishment ID
- 1092464
- Employer case #
- 46319
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:30
- Time of incident
- 11:45
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 28JAN2025:16:37:00
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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