Poughkeepsie, NY —
OSHA Injury Report: Empress Ambulance Services Inc. North
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Empress Ambulance Services Inc. North in Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 resulted in days away from work. Employee was eMT in emergency medical transportation services, air or ground.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Empress Ambulance Services Inc. North
- Parent company
- Empress Ambulance Services Inc.
- Street
- 10 South White Street
- City
- Poughkeepsie
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 12601
- On-site location
- patient residence
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 5
Before the incident
lifting a patient from the bed to the stretcher
What happened
I was lifting up a Patient and i was standing in a weird position because the room was oddly shaped and had multiple pieces of furniture in it that the bed and stretcher were at an angle. I went to lift the Patient onto the stretcher and lost grip felt like i was going drop the Patient so i then went to reposition and moved the wrong way and felt a pop in my back that followed by severe pain.
Injury or illness
Strain or Tear of Upper Back Area
Object or substance involved
person and or weight of the person being lifted
Summary line
Strain or Tear of Upper Back Area - Directly harmed by: person and or weight of the person being lifted
Employee and industry
- Job description
- EMT
- SOC code
- 29-2042 — Emergency Medical Technicians
- NAICS code
- 621910 — Emergency medical transportation services, air or ground
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 403
- Total hours worked
- 678208
- Establishment ID
- 1144715
- Employer case #
- CY24-00136
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00
- Time of incident
- 17:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 28FEB2025:03:47:00
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.