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OSHA Injury Report: Life EMS Inc.-Kent

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Life EMS Inc.-Kent in Grand Rapids, MI 49503 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was paramedic in ambulance services, air or ground.

Establishment
Life EMS Inc.-Kent
Parent company
Life EMS Ambulance
Street
1275 Cedar St. NE
City
Grand Rapids
State
MI
ZIP
49503
On-site location
At hospital ambulance bay
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
4

Unloading a patient on a stretcher from the back of the ambulance

After unloading the patient the employee was holding onto one end of the stretcher and closing the ambulance doors when their partner started to pull on the stretcher to move the patient inside

Lumbar muscle strain

Twisting motion while getting pulled with arm extended

Lumbar strain from partner pulling on the stretcher when the injured employee was holding onto the other end

Job description
Paramedic
SOC code
29-2043 — Paramedics
NAICS code
621910 — Ambulance services, air or ground
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
362
Total hours worked
602650
Establishment ID
109260
Employer case #
10
Date of incident
Shift started
4:00
Time of incident
17:15
Filing year
2025
Submitted
21JAN26:21:27:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.