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 paramedic 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
- Patient residence
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
Before the incident
sitting on the bench seat in the ambulance when the stretcher released from the secure latch and rolled into EE ankle
What happened
[REDACTED] is dispatched to [REDACTED] and transported the pt to [REDACTED] pt is a bariatric pt weighing 600 lb and throughout transportation pt stretcher came out of the latch and hit my left ankle I was able to continue care and transferred care to facility staff pain became more intense and my ankle began to swell and unable to put weight on ankle.
Injury or illness
Contusion Bruise of Ankle Left Side
Object or substance involved
Medical Equipment Clinical Instruments - Patient Transport Equipment
Summary line
Contusion Bruise of Ankle Left Side - Directly harmed by: Medical Equipment Clinical Instruments - Patient Transport Equipment equipment struck the employees ankle
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Paramedic
- SOC code
- 29-2043 — Paramedics
- 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 #
- CY24-00403
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:30
- Time of incident
- 8:00
- 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.