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OSHA Injury Report: Charleston Area Medical Center General Division

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Charleston Area Medical Center General Division in 501 Morris Street, Charleston, WV 25301 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was rN in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Charleston Area Medical Center General Division
Parent company
Charleston Area Medical Center
Street
501 Morris Street
City
Charleston
State
WV
ZIP
25301
On-site location
4 South

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
2

Before the incident

patient care

What happened

Myself and [REDACTED] were bathing an obese bedfast patient. We rolled patient to change linen. As patient was laying on her side the patient would not strech straighten her leg to allow the bed rail up to support patient 's weight. Therefore I had to hold patient 's legs to support patient 's weight to prevent patient from falling out of bed. As a results I developed back pain.

Injury or illness

Lumbar Strain

Object or substance involved

patient

Summary line

Low back strain

Employee and industry

Job description
RN
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
2059
Total hours worked
3511482
EIN
550526150
Establishment ID
576865
Employer case #
464

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:01:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
02FEB24:19:08:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.