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OSHA Injury Report: Paul E. Patton Eastern Kentucky Veterans Center

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Paul E. Patton Eastern Kentucky Veterans Center in 200 Veterans Drive, Hazard, KY 41701 resulted in days away from work. Employee was nASR I in nursing homes.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Paul E. Patton Eastern Kentucky Veterans Center
Parent company
Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs
Street
200 Veterans Drive
City
Hazard
State
KY
ZIP
41701
On-site location
Rm. 234

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
114

Before the incident

Transferring resident to chair from bed.

What happened

While employee and co-worker were attempting to transfer resident from bed to wheelchair employee felt pull in center of lower back resulting in pain.

Injury or illness

Strain to lower back.

Object or substance involved

N A

Summary line

Back strain while transferring resident.

Employee and industry

Job description
NASR I
SOC code
31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
NAICS code
623110 — Nursing homes
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
168
Total hours worked
299749
EIN
610600439
Establishment ID
433664
Employer case #
6

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:52
Time of incident
10:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
02FEB26:01:33:00

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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.