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OSHA Injury Report: East Adams Rural Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at East Adams Rural Hospital in 903 S. Adams St, Ritzville, WA 99169 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was eMT in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
East Adams Rural Hospital
Street
903 S. Adams St
City
Ritzville
State
WA
ZIP
99169
On-site location
from ambulance

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

I was buddy lifting a patient out of our ambulance with a manual load stretcher when my partner got distracted and stopped lifting leaving me with all of the weight of the patient while only holding half of the stretcher. This caused me to strain the left side of my abdomen.

What happened

I was buddy lifting a patient out of our ambulance with a manual load stretcher when my partner got distracted and stopped lifting leaving me with all of the weight of the patient while only holding half of the stretcher. This caused me to strain the left side of my abdomen.

Injury or illness

Strain or Tear

Object or substance involved

INJ - Lifting

Summary line

I was buddy lifting a patient out of our ambulance with a manual load stretcher when my partner got distracted and stopped lifting leaving me with all of the weight of the patient while only holding half of the stretcher. This caused me to strain the left

Employee and industry

Job description
EMT
SOC code
29-2042 — Emergency Medical Technicians
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
96
Total hours worked
140264
EIN
916001963
Establishment ID
435475
Employer case #
SX34026

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
8:00
Time of incident
21:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
03MAR26:20:10:00

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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.