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OSHA Injury Report: Northwest EMS, Inc.

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Northwest EMS, Inc. in PO Box 384, Elizabethtown, PA 17022 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was eMT in emergency medical transportation services, air or ground.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Northwest EMS, Inc.
Parent company
Northwest EMS, Inc.
Street
PO Box 384
City
Elizabethtown
State
PA
ZIP
17022
On-site location
Manheim Station

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Changing the main oxygen cylinder in the ambulance

What happened

The metal cap stuck and then flew off of the cylinder while he was removing it from the cylinder. It struck him in the face.

Injury or illness

Laceration to lip damage to dental work recently done general headache.

Object or substance involved

cap from oxygen cylinder

Summary line

O2 cylinder cap flew off while changing O2 and caused laceration to lip dental damage and a headache

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
69
Total hours worked
111849
EIN
232152257
Establishment ID
682123
Employer case #
23-001

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
18:00:00.000
Time of incident
0:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
05JAN24:16:58:00

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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.