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

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - Chester (Welkind) in 201 Pleasant Hill Rd, Chester, NJ 07930 resulted in job transfer or restriction. 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
Room 216

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
64

Before the incident

Patient soiled herself. Employee changing patient with another employee

What happened

Employee assisting with log-roll transfer with TAPS system. When rolling patient away with TAPS feels as though she hyper-extended wrist. Patient was also providing negative resistance against turn. Has felt constant pain in right wrist since then.

Injury or illness

Strain or Tear - Right - Wrist

Object or substance involved

resistance provided by patient

Summary line

Patient Handling - Right - Wrist - resistance provided by 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 #
23-067360

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
14:40:00.000
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.