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OSHA Injury Report: Veterans Memorial Hospital

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Veterans Memorial Hospital in 40 1st Street S.E, Waukon, IA 52170 resulted in days away from work. Employee was rN in children's hospitals, general.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Parent company
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Street
40 1st Street S.E
City
Waukon
State
IA
ZIP
52170
On-site location
Patient room 209

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
3

Before the incident

lifting sliding patient

What happened

employee was using slider sheet to pull lift obese patient up in bed

Injury or illness

strain to low middle back area

Object or substance involved

patient

Summary line

assiting in lifting obese paient and felt strain and pain in the low middle back

Employee and industry

Job description
RN
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — Children's hospitals, general
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
260
Total hours worked
315005
EIN
421030129
Establishment ID
934690
Employer case #
7

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
0:00:00.000
Submitted
21FEB24:21:39:00

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Source

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