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OSHA Injury Report: Empress Ambulance Services Inc. South

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Empress Ambulance Services Inc. South in 722 Nepperhan Avenue, Newburgh, NY 12550 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was paramedic 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
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

performing a blood draw on a patient community paramedicine assessment.

What happened

Was d[REDACTED]ing a bl[REDACTED][REDACTED]d draw [REDACTED]n an 97 y [REDACTED] F and the piece [REDACTED]f the vacutainer was stuck. I attempted t[REDACTED] rem[REDACTED]ve it when I g[REDACTED]t stuck [REDACTED]n my right index finger. It pierced the gl[REDACTED]ve and when I t[REDACTED][REDACTED]k the gl[REDACTED]ve [REDACTED]ff I had bl[REDACTED][REDACTED]d.

Injury or illness

Puncture of Fingers Right Side

Object or substance involved

Medical Equipment Clinical Instruments - Non-Patient Transport Equipment vacutainer and blodd draw needle

Summary line

Puncture of Fingers Right Side - Directly harmed by: Medical Equipment Clinical Instruments - Non-Patient Transport Equipment vacutainer and blodd draw needle

Employee and industry

Job description
Paramedic
SOC code
29-2043 — Paramedics
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 #
CY24-00438

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
9:00
Time of incident
19:30
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.