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OSHA Injury Report: Baptist Health Paducah Hospital

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Baptist Health Paducah Hospital in 2501 Kentucky Ave, Paducah, KY 42003 resulted in days away from work. Employee was eVS Technician I in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Baptist Health Paducah Hospital
Parent company
Baptist Health Systems
Street
2501 Kentucky Ave
City
Paducah
State
KY
ZIP
42003
On-site location
dumpster

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
71
Days restricted or transferred
25

Before the incident

EE states she was throwing trash into a dumpster and felt pain in her back. Supervisor aware.

What happened

EE states she was throwing trash into a dumpster and felt pain in her back. Supervisor aware.

Injury or illness

Strain Back - Lower Neck - Bilateral

Object or substance involved

trash

Summary line

EE states she was throwing trash into a dumpster and felt pain in her back. Supervisor aware.

Employee and industry

Job description
EVS Technician I
SOC code
37-2019 — Building Cleaning Workers, All Other
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1886
Total hours worked
2201460
Establishment ID
802409
Employer case #
S2023-0162

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
19:53:00.000
Time of incident
2:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
20FEB24:18:48:00

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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.