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OSHA Injury Report: The Washington Hospital

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at The Washington Hospital in 155 Wilson Avenue, Washington, PA 15301 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was care Partner Hr in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
The Washington Hospital
Parent company
Washington Health System
Street
155 Wilson Avenue
City
Washington
State
PA
ZIP
15301
On-site location
4C Nurses station

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
34

Before the incident

EE was sitting in wheeled chair on 4c EE leaned over to left side of chair to pick up a chart that had fallen on the floor Chair flew out from under EE causing EE to fall to the floor with left hand outstretched Avulsion fracture to left thumb base

What happened

EE was sitting in wheeled chair on 4c EE leaned over to left side of chair to pick up a chart that had fallen on the floor Chair flew out from under EE causing EE to fall to the floor with left hand outstretched Avulsion fracture to left thumb base

Injury or illness

EE was sitting in wheeled chair on 4c EE leaned over to left side of chair to pick up a chart that had fallen on the floor Chair flew out from under EE causing EE to fall to the floor with left hand outstretched Avulsion fracture to left thumb base

Object or substance involved

EE was sitting in wheeled chair on 4c EE leaned over to left side of chair to pick up a chart that had fallen on the floor Chair flew out from under EE causing EE to fall to the floor with left hand outstretched Avulsion fracture to left thumb base

Summary line

EE was sitting in wheeled chair on 4c EE leaned over to left side of chair to pick up a chart that had fallen on the floor Chair flew out from under EE causing EE to fall to the floor with left hand outstretched Avulsion fracture to left thumb base

Employee and industry

Job description
Care Partner Hr
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1588
Total hours worked
3483891
Establishment ID
1018038
Employer case #
2248

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
8:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
01MAR24:17:45:00

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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.