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OSHA Injury Report: Pocahontas Community Hospital

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Pocahontas Community Hospital in 606 NW 7th St, Pocahontas, IA 50574 resulted in days away from work. Employee was cna in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Pocahontas Community Hospital
Street
606 NW 7th St
City
Pocahontas
State
IA
ZIP
50574
On-site location
MS- pt room

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
92

Before the incident

Trying to hook hoyer lift pad on the hoyer for a bariatric patient

What happened

Was pulling on the hoyer pad to hook it to the hoyer and right wrist popped

Injury or illness

rt tfcc tear- wrist

Object or substance involved

hoyer lift pad under a bariatric patient

Summary line

[REDACTED] tfcc tear- [REDACTED]

Employee and industry

Job description
cna
SOC code
31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
105
Total hours worked
162671
EIN
420932838
Establishment ID
419977
Employer case #
2

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:15:00.000
Time of incident
11:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
19JAN24:21:16:00

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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.