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OSHA Injury Report: Novant Health Matthews Medical Center

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Novant Health Matthews Medical Center in 1500 Matthews Township Pkwy., Matthews, NC 28105 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was asst Nurse Manager in general medical and surgical hospitals.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Novant Health Matthews Medical Center
Parent company
Novant Health, Inc.
Street
1500 Matthews Township Pkwy.
City
Matthews
State
NC
ZIP
28105
On-site location
Patient Room

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
9

Before the incident

Helping 3 other nurses to roll the patient due to decreased fetal heart rate

What happened

Right shoulder tweaked in the process of rolling a 375# patient. 4 nurses assisted in rolling patient who had a dense epidural; infant 's heart rate was down and we rolled patient side to side to bring up heart rate

Injury or illness

Right shoulder tweaked in the process of rolling a 375# patient. 4 nurses assisted in rolling patient who had a dense epidural; infant 's heart rate was down and we rolled patient side to side to bring up heart rate

Object or substance involved

patient and self

Summary line

Strain Shoulder-Right

Employee and industry

Job description
Asst Nurse Manager
SOC code
11-9111 — Medical and Health Services Managers
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1086
Total hours worked
1449202
EIN
561376368
Establishment ID
956304
Employer case #
WC2023-000

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:45:00.000
Time of incident
11:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
29MAR24:11:56:00

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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.