OSHA Injury Report: 157 MCALLEN HOSPITALS, L.P.-EDINBURG HOSPITAL

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

PERFORMING AN ASSISTED LIFT WITH CO-WORKER

What happened

The employee reports he was preforming an assisted lift withanother co-worker to transfer a patient with casts on both legs from the wheelchair to the bed. He reports later after lifting the patient to help her get into the bed he began having pain

Injury or illness

Strained Right Shoulder(s) Lifting PATIENT

Object or substance involved

PATIENT

Summary line

The employee reports he was preforming an assisted lift withanother co-worker to transfer a patient with casts on both legs from the wheelchair to the bed. He reports later after lifting the patient to help her get into the bed he began having pain

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.