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OSHA Injury Report: Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - West Orange

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - West Orange in West Orange, NJ 7052 resulted in days away from work. Employee was physical Therapist in rehabilitation hospitals (except alcoholism, drug addiction).

Establishment
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - West Orange
Street
1199 Pleasant Valley Way
City
West Orange
State
NJ
ZIP
7052
On-site location
Patient's room
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
2

Evaluating and treating patient for physical therapy

Transferring patient back to bed and bed unable to lower to appropriate height for patient. Patient in short-sit and sliding forward off of edge of bed I attempted to scoot patient backwards dependently as I was alone in the room and hurt my back

Strain or Tear - Both - Lower Back

Patient Resistance

Patient Handling - Both - Lower Back - Patient Resistance

Job description
Physical Therapist
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
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 #
24-086798
Date of incident
Shift started
8:00
Time of incident
12:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
17FEB2025:03:48:00

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.