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Empress Ambulance Services

Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — SLATE HILL, NEW YORK

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Empress Ambulance Services in SLATE HILL, NEW YORK
Employer Empress Ambulance Services Report ID 2023098749
Address Interstate 84 East mm 11 City, State ZIP SLATE HILL, NEW YORK 10973
Event Date September 21, 2023 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Event Type Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources Source of Injury Stretchers, backboards, wheeled cots, stair chairs
Industry (NAICS) 621910 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 41.19000, -74.32000

Incident Narrative

An employee was providing medical treatment to injured persons involved in a motor vehicle accident. The employee was walking up and down a low-grade embankment carrying injured persons on transport equipment such as backboards. The employee sustained chest pain, and a possible cardiac related event with an elevated heart rate and elevated blood pressure.

Incident Summary

On September 21, 2023, a worker at Empress Ambulance Services in SLATE HILL, NEW YORK suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders. The incident was classified as multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources, with stretchers, backboards, wheeled cots, stair chairs identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 93 severe injury reports involving "Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources" incidents in our database. Browse all Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources injuries.

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