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OSHA Injury Report: Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - Chester (Welkind)

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - Chester (Welkind) in 201 Pleasant Hill Rd, Chester, NJ 07930 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was nursing Assistant in rehabilitation hospitals (except alcoholism, drug addiction).

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - Chester (Welkind)
Street
201 Pleasant Hill Rd
City
Chester
State
NJ
ZIP
07930
On-site location
Patient 's room (102-1)

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Answering other call bells

What happened

NA assisting co-worker and assisted with transferring patient from bed to chair to bring into the bathroom. After transferring patient back to the bed [REDACTED] felt strain in bilateral lower back and under right butt cheek near sciatica.

Injury or illness

Strain or Tear - Both - Lower Back

Object or substance involved

Transferring patient

Summary line

Patient Handling - Both - Lower Back - Transferring patient

Employee and industry

Job description
Nursing Assistant
SOC code
31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
NAICS code
622310 — Rehabilitation hospitals (except alcoholism, drug addiction)
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
292
Total hours worked
389543
EIN
223486125
Establishment ID
353223
Employer case #
23-056767

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
18:10:00.000
Submitted
31JAN24:15:06:00

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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.