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

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - Chester (Welkind) in 201 Pleasant Hill Rd, Chester, NJ 07930 resulted in days away from work. 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
North Unit 117-2

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
23

Before the incident

Bending over low bed

What happened

Assisting patient w bedpan. Bed in low position. She bent over to put the it under patient & waited for her to turn to side. [REDACTED] felt pain in low back area so she raised bed & proceeded. Pain increased as night progressed.

Injury or illness

Strain or Tear - N A - Lower Back

Object or substance involved

Patient

Summary line

Patient Handling - Lower Back - 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 #
23-056510

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
19:00:00.000
Time of incident
19:45:00.000
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.