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OSHA Injury Report: Westerly Hospital

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Westerly Hospital in 25 Wells Street, Westerly, RI 2891 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was nursing Assistant Float in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Westerly Hospital
Parent company
Yale New Haven Health
Street
25 Wells Street
City
Westerly
State
RI
ZIP
2891
On-site location
25WELLS WESTERLY HOSPITAL MAIN CAMPUS(25 WELLS STREET) Floor 2

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
36

Before the incident

Boosting a patient in the bed.

What happened

Boosting an overweight patient.

Injury or illness

Shoulder and elbow. Sharp pain in the shoulder with any movement and dull aching pain down to the elbow.

Object or substance involved

N A

Summary line

Boosting a patient and hurt left shoulder and left elbow.

Employee and industry

Job description
Nursing Assistant Float
SOC code
31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
596
Total hours worked
880575
EIN
460543230
Establishment ID
174913
Employer case #
W41745318

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
9:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
13JAN26:18:56:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.