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
- 1049 bed 1
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 22
Before the incident
Transferring patient
What happened
EE was transferring a patient to the shower & they couldn 't hold the patient 's weight to prevent him from falling. EE strained their back while trying to hold the patient up by their gait belt.
Injury or illness
Strain or Tear - Right - Upper Back
Object or substance involved
Patient
Summary line
Patient Handling - Right - Upper 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 #
- 24-086908
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 20:55
- 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.