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OSHA Injury Report: Defiance Regional Medical Center

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Defiance Regional Medical Center in 1200 Ralston Ave., Defiance, OH 43512 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was rNDRHN in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Defiance Regional Medical Center
Parent company
ProMedica
Street
1200 Ralston Ave.
City
Defiance
State
OH
ZIP
43512
On-site location
Obstetrics - 6073

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
52

Before the incident

patient care

What happened

pt called out wanting to go to the bathroom post delivery. pt stated that they could feel and move legs and thought thry could get up to go to the bathroom writer assisted pt to side of the bed. pt stood up and immediately dropped down. writer caught pt to prevent pt from falling and assisted back to sitting at bedside. writer calledfor help to assist pt to the bathroom. EE then brought in SPH equipment into room to assist pt to bathroom. writer noticed sore back the day following and progressively has gotten worse.

Injury or illness

Strain

Object or substance involved

helping patient

Summary line

StrainBack-Lower (Lumbar)Employee was preventing a patient from falling and hurt their back.

Employee and industry

Job description
RNDRHN
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
622110 — General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
385
Total hours worked
419257
EIN
344446484
Establishment ID
1155023
Employer case #
355167

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
19:00
Time of incident
21:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
24FEB2025:13:59:00

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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 — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.