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OSHA Injury Report: Life EMS Inc.

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Life EMS Inc. in 1275 Cedar St. NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was wheelchair Transport in ambulance services, air or ground.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Life EMS Inc.
Parent company
Life EMS Ambulance
Street
1275 Cedar St. NE
City
Grand Rapids
State
MI
ZIP
49503
On-site location
At patients house

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
46

Before the incident

Wheeling the wheelchair patient from their home to the wheelchair van.

What happened

There was s defect in the patient 's wheelchair ramp which caused the wheelchair to violently veer to the left and potentially fall over so the employee had to quickly react and turn the wheelchair with some force which caused a left wrist sprain strain

Injury or illness

Sprain strain of left wrist

Object or substance involved

The wheelchair

Summary line

Left wrist sprain strain from stopping wheelchair from falling off of a wheelchair ramp

Employee and industry

Job description
Wheelchair Transport
SOC code
53-3053 — Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs
NAICS code
621910 — Ambulance services, air or ground
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
688
Total hours worked
1143581
Establishment ID
91450
Employer case #
Kalamazoo-

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
8:15:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
30JAN24:14:59:00

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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.