Grand Rapids, MI —
OSHA Injury Report: Life EMS Inc.
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Life EMS Inc. in Grand Rapids, MI 49503 resulted in days away from work. Employee was paramedic in ambulance services, air or ground.
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
Cleaning the truck and completing an equipment check
What happened
The ambulance was being disinfected with a UV-C device in the patient compartment. The employee disregarded the safety warnings and entered the patient compartment to complete an equipment check without any eye protection which caused eye exposure to UV-C light.
Injury or illness
Retinal burns
Object or substance involved
UV-C light exposure
Summary line
Eye keratitis from exposure to UV light
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Paramedic
- SOC code
- 29-2043 — Paramedics
- NAICS code
- 621910 — Ambulance services, air or ground
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 688
- Total hours worked
- 1143581
- Establishment ID
- 91450
- Employer case #
- Lake-2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 9:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 30JAN24:20:32:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.