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OSHA Injury Report: Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - Chester (Welkind)

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - Chester (Welkind) in Chester, NJ 07930 resulted in days away from work. Employee was nursing Assistant in rehabilitation hospitals (except alcoholism, drug addiction).

Establishment
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - Chester (Welkind)
Street
201 Pleasant Hill Rd
City
Chester
State
NJ
ZIP
07930
On-site location
107-2
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
27
Days restricted or transferred
34

Preparing for patient transfer

This employee with two other employees were transferring a patient requiring a max lateral transfer from the wheelchair to the bed. During transfer employee felt ache in lower back intermittently. Since event pain is now persistent and radiating- L hip

Strain or Tear - Left - Lower Back

Injured during patient transfer

Patient Handling - Left - Lower Back - Injured during patient transfer

Job description
Nursing Assistant
SOC code
31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
NAICS code
622310 — Rehabilitation hospitals (except alcoholism, drug addiction)
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
292
Total hours worked
389543
EIN
223486125
Establishment ID
353223
Employer case #
23-082755
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:15:00.000
Submitted
31JAN24:15:06:00

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.