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OSHA Injury Report: Life EMS Inc.-Kalamazoo

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Life EMS Inc.-Kalamazoo in 517 E. North St., Kalamazoo, MI 49007 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was eMT in ambulance services, air or ground.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Life EMS Inc.-Kalamazoo
Parent company
Life EMS Ambulance
Street
517 E. North St.
City
Kalamazoo
State
MI
ZIP
49007
On-site location
On scene of a call

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
7

Before the incident

Responded to a 911 call for a worker seizing in a restaurant kitchen.

What happened

The employee was moving a kitchen cooler away from the patient that was seizing so they stopped hitting their head on it and while pushing it out of the way they felt a sharp pain in their right shoulder.

Injury or illness

Right shoulder dislocation

Object or substance involved

Moving a heavy object with improper technique and no assistance

Summary line

Right shoulder pain from moving heavy object in industrial kitchen away from a patient that was seizing

Employee and industry

Job description
EMT
SOC code
29-2042 — Emergency Medical Technicians
NAICS code
621910 — Ambulance services, air or ground
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
164
Total hours worked
262912
Establishment ID
109302
Employer case #
25

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:30
Time of incident
12:30
Filing year
2024
Submitted
05FEB2025:18:25:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.