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OSHA Injury Report: Ephrata Community Hospital

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Ephrata Community Hospital in 169 Martin Ave, Ephrata, PA 17522 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was environmental Services Technician I.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Ephrata Community Hospital
Parent company
Wellspan Health
Street
169 Martin Ave
City
Ephrata
State
PA
ZIP
17522
On-site location
ECH- Trash Docks, Ground floor, Near EVS department

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
15

Before the incident

[REDACTED] was performing his trash run when the injury occurred. This involves taking out the trash for the hospital.

What happened

Employee states that the employee was performing a 'trash run ' and when lifting and tossing the trash into the dumpsters he suffered a shoulder and neck strain.

Injury or illness

Strain Sprain Neck Shoulder

Object or substance involved

While lifting the trash bags [REDACTED] injured himself.

Summary line

Employee states that the employee was performing a 'trash run ' and when lifting and tossing the trash into the dumpsters he suffered a shoulder and neck strain.

Employee and industry

Job description
Environmental Services Technician I
SOC code
37-2019 — Building Cleaning Workers, All Other
NAICS code
622110
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
955
Total hours worked
1336842
EIN
231370484
Establishment ID
603877
Employer case #
S2025-093

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
0:00
Time of incident
0:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
13FEB26:21:36:00

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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.