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OSHA Injury Report: Newport Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Newport Hospital in 20 Powel Avenue, Newport, RI 2840 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was patient Transport in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Newport Hospital
Parent company
Newport Hospital
Street
20 Powel Avenue
City
Newport
State
RI
ZIP
2840
On-site location
ER elevator/ CT room #2

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Transporting a patient from second floor to ultrasound

What happened

In incident #1 I was placing a patient on stretcher into elevator tried to prevent it from hitting back of wall left pinky finger got caught between rail and stretcher handle. Later in shift I was helping slide a patient from CT table. After I unlocked brakes and got behind the stretcher to move someone was putting the sheet back on but I was struck in the stomach by the stretcher.

Injury or illness

Strain finger small - left

Object or substance involved

stretcher and the wall and then stretcher and CT machine

Summary line

#1: Employee was placing a stretcher into the elevator caught left pinky finger between stretcher and the rail. #2: caught between stretcher and CT machine.

Employee and industry

Job description
Patient Transport
SOC code
31-1132 — Orderlies
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1111
Total hours worked
1345145
EIN
050258914
Establishment ID
1074757
Employer case #
S2025-160

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
13:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
03FEB26:19:05:00

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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.