West Orange, NJ —
OSHA Injury Report: Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - West Orange
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - West Orange in West Orange, NJ 7052 resulted in days away from work. Employee was nursing Assistant in rehabilitation hospitals (except alcoholism, drug addiction).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - West Orange
- Street
- 1199 Pleasant Valley Way
- City
- West Orange
- State
- NJ
- ZIP
- 7052
- On-site location
- 2048-1
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 22
Before the incident
ADL
What happened
Patient was being transferred from bed to their new wheelchair utilizing the transfer board when they lost balance and fell forward. I was able to brace their fall with my body to minimize any injuries on patient. while doing so I hurt my back.
Injury or illness
Strain or Tear - - Lower Back
Object or substance involved
Patient
Summary line
Patient Handling - Lower Back - Patient
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Nursing Assistant
- SOC code
- 31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
- NAICS code
- 622310 — Rehabilitation hospitals (except alcoholism, drug addiction)
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 740
- Total hours worked
- 1136818
- EIN
- 223486125
- Establishment ID
- 353221
- Employer case #
- 24-085341
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 11:40
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 17FEB2025:03:48:00
Source
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.