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OSHA Injury Report: Norwalk Community Hospital

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Norwalk Community Hospital in 13222 Bloomfield Ave., Norwalk, CA 90650 resulted in days away from work. Employee was occupational Therapist in general medical and surgical hospitals.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Norwalk Community Hospital
Parent company
Prospect Medical Holdings/Alta Hospitals
Street
13222 Bloomfield Ave.
City
Norwalk
State
CA
ZIP
90650
On-site location
Nursing unit north

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
90

Before the incident

EE states she was walking the patient in the patient room holding on to him on her left side the patient had a walkerthe patient suddenly lost their balance and started falling towards his right she had to pull him towards her causing pain to her left shoulder the walker flipped at the time and hit her left inner thigh.

What happened

EE states she was walking the patient in the patient room holding on to him on her left side the patient had a walkerthe patient suddenly lost their balance and started falling towards his right she had to pull him towards her causing pain to her left shoulder the walker flipped at the time and hit her left inner thigh.

Injury or illness

Contusion knee. Strain left shoulder

Object or substance involved

Struck by a walker helping a patient

Summary line

EE states she was walking the patient in the patient room holding on to him on her left side the patient had a walkerthe patient suddenly lost their balance and started falling towards his right she had to pull him towards her causing pain to her left

Employee and industry

Job description
Occupational Therapist
SOC code
29-1122 — Occupational Therapists
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
277
Total hours worked
354908
Establishment ID
1180313
Employer case #
179811

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
27FEB24:21:30:00

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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.