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OSHA Injury Report: Empress Ambulance Services Inc. South

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Empress Ambulance Services Inc. South in 722 Nepperhan Avenue, Newburgh, NY 12550 resulted in days away from work. 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
100 Woods RdValhalla NY 10701

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
5

Before the incident

Putting patient into the ambulance via draw sheet

What happened

My patient who was being transported was big and tall with extra weight and my partner was a very short and slim female so I lift most of the pt weight when putting the pt on stretcher and during the draw shirt process I felt a sharp pain in my low back area I thought it would go away over the weekend but it did not so I went to the ER the doctor said I strained a muscle

Injury or illness

Strain or Tear of

Object or substance involved

Persons

Summary line

Strain or Tear - directly harmed by: Persons

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 #
CY24-00501

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
8:00
Time of incident
17:30
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.