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OSHA Injury Report: Town of South Kingstown

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Town of South Kingstown in 180 High Street, Wakefield, RI 02879 resulted in days away from work. Employee was paramedic in personnel offices, government.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Town of South Kingstown
Parent company
Town of South Kingstown
Street
180 High Street
City
Wakefield
State
RI
ZIP
02879
On-site location
patient house

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

responding to a lift assist call for service

What happened

on scene with 2 SKPD officers with a subject trying to get into his electric wheelchair. He was attempting to help him balance in a sitting position until additional EMS arrived subject began to attempt to pull himself up off of the floor using his arm. SKPD officers stepped in and assisted him to lift him into a standing position but then stepped back once subject was upright. Subject has left side paralysis and was slinging to him and was unable to move alone. Additional EMS arrived and helped move subject to his chair.

Injury or illness

lower back pain and muscle strain

Object or substance involved

strain

Summary line

lift assist lower back pain and muscle strain

Employee and industry

Job description
Paramedic
SOC code
29-2043 — Paramedics
NAICS code
921190 — Personnel offices, government
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
293
Total hours worked
524500
EIN
56000519
Establishment ID
286268
Employer case #
3

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
4:10:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
29FEB24:17:38:00

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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.