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OSHA Injury Report: Armstrong Ambulance Service

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Armstrong Ambulance Service in 87 Mystic St, Arlington, MA 2474 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was eMT in emergency Medical Service Provider.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Armstrong Ambulance Service
Parent company
Armstrong Ambulance Service
Street
87 Mystic St
City
Arlington
State
MA
ZIP
2474
On-site location
Aberjona Nursing Facility in Winchester and then again in a group home in Wakefield

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
67

Before the incident

Standing for the first event sitting for the second

What happened

We were moving a patient from his bed to the stretcher and I was on the pushing side. When I went to move the patient I felt a pain in my back. During the move the bed was moved which pushed my knees back making me hyperextend my back. Later that day we had to lift a heavy patient at a group home and push her up a ramp on the stretcher

Injury or illness

Other Recordable Incident

Object or substance involved

NA

Summary line

While moving a patient from bed to stretcher I felt back pain due to hyperextension caused by the bed 's movement. Later lifting a heavy patient and pushing her up a ramp exacerbated the injury.

Employee and industry

Job description
EMT
SOC code
29-2042 — Emergency Medical Technicians
NAICS code
621910 — Emergency Medical Service Provider
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
363
Total hours worked
589023
EIN
042747453
Establishment ID
63889
Employer case #
OR-25-015

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
25FEB26:13:55:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.