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OSHA Injury Report: Empress Ambulance Services Inc. South

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Empress Ambulance Services Inc. South in 722 Nepperhan Avenue, Newburgh, NY 12550 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was eMT in emergency medical transportation services, air or ground.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Empress Ambulance Services Inc. South
Parent company
Empress Ambulance Services Inc.
Street
722 Nepperhan Avenue
City
Newburgh
State
NY
ZIP
12550
On-site location
patient residence

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
43

Before the incident

provider employee was lifting a patient from a sitting position to a standing position and felt pain to the right knee after lifting the patient.

What happened

I was helping my second to last patient sit up and stand up. I don 't think I was positioned right because when I lifted him with my partner I felt a shooting pain on my right knee. I thought I could walk it out but after my last patient the knee pain got worst and it hurts to walk on it.

Injury or illness

Strain or Tear of Right Side

Object or substance involved

none manual lifting a patient.

Summary line

Strain or Tear of Right Side - Directly harmed by: none manual lifting a patient.

Employee and industry

Job description
EMT
SOC code
29-2042 — Emergency Medical Technicians
NAICS code
621910 — Emergency medical transportation services, air or ground
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
569
Total hours worked
954690
Establishment ID
1144721
Employer case #
CY24-00255

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:45
Time of incident
18:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
28FEB2025:03:51:00

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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.