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OSHA Injury Report: Life EMS Inc.

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Life EMS Inc. in 1275 Cedar St. NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 resulted in days away from work. Employee was eMT 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
In ambulance

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Helping their medic partner treat a patient

What happened

While trying to get a blood sugar the employees hand was accidentally poked by the needle that their medic partner used to start an IV.

Injury or illness

Sharps exposure

Object or substance involved

Needlestick

Summary line

Needlestick to right knuckle

Employee and industry

Job description
EMT
SOC code
29-2042 — Emergency Medical Technicians
NAICS code
621910 — Ambulance services, air or ground
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
688
Total hours worked
1143581
Establishment ID
91450
Employer case #
Kent-16

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
15:00:00.000
Time of incident
0:15:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
30JAN24:18:15:00

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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.