26.2
per 1,000 FTE (CDC)
26.2 per 1,000 FTE (CDC)
Patient handling injuries among radiology technologists. CDC/NIOSH OHSN, 116 hospitals, 2012 to 2016. OSHA recordable handling only.
Why now
Imaging Staff Are Not a Footnote.
Two injury measures. No slack in MRI. A patient-handling playbook that already moved the number. Thinking the way we always have is not how you prepare.
KyphoLift® Solutions From the Point of Care.
Shaped by patient & clinician needs.
Magnets advanced. Zone IV positioning mostly didn’t. The patients, the workforce, & the schedule all changed. Safe, efficient, practical solutions start at the point of care.
CDC / NIOSH
26.2 per 1,000 FTE (CDC).
Patient handling injuries among radiology technologists: 26.2 per 1,000 FTE (CDC).
26.2
per 1,000 FTE
Patient-handling injuries, radiology technologists
2nd-highest patient-handling injury rate among hospital occupations (NA 40.2 · RT 26.2 · RN 18.2). CDC/NIOSH OHSN, 116 hospitals, 2012 to 2016. OSHA-recordable handling only.
Radiology technologists specifically (not all “MRI techs”). From OHSN participating hospitals, not a national census.
AHRA 2025
MRI has no slack.
87.8%
Fixed outpatient MRI slot length (usually 30 or 45 minutes).
75%
Scheduled 5 or more days out.
28.7%
28.7% of sites report outpatient MRI waits over 15 days.
AHRA 2025 Diagnostic Imaging Operations & Access Survey, Scheduling section, Table i.
Why it’s urgent now
40.3%
Adult obesity (NHANES 2021 to 23).
20 to 40%
Hyperkyphosis in adults 60+ (Katzman, JOSPT 2010).
17.4%
MRI vacancy, 17.4%, an all time high. (ASRT 2025; prior cycle 6.2% in 2020).
Section 504 is access-to-examination context for HHS-funded facilities. It is separate from ADA Title III, & it is not a requirement to purchase any specific device, including KyphoLift.
The category already moved
Safe patient handling is not a new idea.
40%
nearly 40% fewer patient handling injuries nationally, FY2006 to FY2012.
29.6%
VISN 8 pilot (P<0.05). The same pilot as the 30% paper, not a second replication.
56%
Teeple 2017 pooled estimate across multi-setting SPHM studies. Literature-wide, not a VA-specific result.
Engineering controls are not new. The pressure to bring them into the bore is.
Solutions from the point of care, shaped by patient & clinician needs.
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Sources
- Macavei & Clark, Radiol Technol 2020
- CDC/NIOSH Occupational Health Safety Network (OHSN), 116 hospitals, 2012–2016
- AHRA 2025 Diagnostic Imaging Operations & Access Survey, Scheduling, Table i
- Teeple et al., 2017 (pooled, multi-setting)
- NHANES 2021–23 adult obesity
- ASRT 2025 vacancy survey
- Katzman et al., JOSPT 2010
- HHS Section 504 Final Rule . Access context at HHS-funded sites, not a device mandate