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OSHA Injury Report: Kau Hospital

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Kau Hospital in 1 Kamani Street, Pahala, HI 96777 resulted in days away from work. Employee was activities Coordinator in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Kau Hospital
Parent company
Hawaii Health Systems Corporation
Street
1 Kamani Street
City
Pahala
State
HI
ZIP
96777
On-site location
Bussette

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
17
Days restricted or transferred
180

Before the incident

Loading resident in geri chair into the back of the bus.

What happened

Loaded resident into bus went to [REDACTED] town and then felt pain in lower back while unlatching the lock on the geri chair and preparing to unload the resident from the bus.

Injury or illness

Strained low back

Object or substance involved

Overweight resident in geri chair

Summary line

Strained low back while securing resident in van.

Employee and industry

Job description
Activities Coordinator
SOC code
39-9032 — Recreation Workers
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
228
Total hours worked
409172
EIN
990262198
Establishment ID
82214
Employer case #
HHSC1760

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
8:52:00.000
Time of incident
14:00:00.000
Submitted
29FEB24:22:06:00

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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.