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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 7930 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
7930
On-site location
patient's room 216-2 in TBI
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
8

removing leg rests from patient wheelchair

I have no history of back pain. I went to patient 's room bent down to take off leg rests from patient 's wheelchair while patient was sitting in the wheelchair was painful to stand back up. Pain persisted in back and did not improve.

Strain or Tear - Left - Lower Back

back

Patient Handling - Left - Lower Back - back

Job description
Nursing Assistant
SOC code
31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
NAICS code
622310 — Rehabilitation hospitals (except alcoholism, drug addiction)
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
282
Total hours worked
390129
EIN
223486125
Establishment ID
353223
Employer case #
24-085095
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
9:40
Filing year
2024
Submitted
17FEB2025:03:47:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.