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OSHA Injury Report: Gilpin Ambulance Authority

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Gilpin Ambulance Authority in 495 Apex Valley Rd, Black Hawk, CO 80422 resulted in days away from work. Employee was paramedic in ambulance services, air or ground.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Gilpin Ambulance Authority
Parent company
Gilpin Ambulance Authority
Street
495 Apex Valley Rd
City
Black Hawk
State
CO
ZIP
80422
On-site location
Black Hawk CO

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
60

Before the incident

While climbing under the ambulance to put snow socks and chains onto the tires to get out off the side of the road any further he felt an achy discomfort in his left knee.

What happened

Initially almost slide off the road [REDACTED]. While climbing under the ambulance to put snow socks and chains onto the tires to get out off the side of the road any further he felt an achy discomfort in his left knee. When they returned to the station the knee was sore however when he and his partner were getting ready to responding to a call between [REDACTED] the knee buckled with a very sharp [REDACTED] pain and he could not bare weight. He did go on the call and when the call was cleared [REDACTED] [REDACTED] was notified of the injury.

Injury or illness

Knee injury requiring surgery

Object or substance involved

No object or substance was directly involved.

Summary line

Knee Injury

Employee and industry

Job description
Paramedic
SOC code
29-2043 — Paramedics
NAICS code
621910 — Ambulance services, air or ground
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
23
Total hours worked
64235
EIN
270851187
Establishment ID
1145890
Employer case #
10216472

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
8:00:00.000
Time of incident
2:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
21FEB24:20:02:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.