Newburgh, NY —
OSHA Injury Report: Empress Ambulance Services Inc. South
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Empress Ambulance Services Inc. South in Newburgh, NY 12550 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. South
- Parent company
- Empress Ambulance Services Inc.
- Street
- 722 Nepperhan Avenue
- City
- Newburgh
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 12550
- On-site location
- inside ambulance enroute to Nursing home
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 4
Before the incident
Performing airway procedures Suctioning the patient
What happened
During transport EMT [REDACTED]. was suctioning a patient and holding the airway open when the patient bit down strongly. Cuticle and skin tear. EMT [REDACTED] was wearing proper PPE. EMT [REDACTED] reported the incident at the end of his tour. He was instructed to report the incident. Lt. [REDACTED] took [REDACTED] to [REDACTED] for Evaluation. EMT [REDACTED] was reminded to report incident immediately as they happen
Injury or illness
Exposure - BBP Aerosol of Fingers puncture and bite to the finger
Object or substance involved
Persons npatient teeth
Summary line
- directly harmed by: Persons patient bit down on the providers fingers while the patients ' airway was being suctioned and cleared.
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
- 569
- Total hours worked
- 954690
- Establishment ID
- 1144721
- Employer case #
- CY24-00285
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 12:00
- Time of incident
- 18:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 28FEB2025:03:51:00
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.