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OSHA Injury Report: Kessler West

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Kessler West in West Orange, NJ 7052 resulted in days away from work. Employee was physical Therapist Ex in specialty Hospitals.

Establishment
Kessler West
Street
1199 Pleasant Valley Way
City
West Orange
State
NJ
ZIP
7052
On-site location
Patient Room
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
4
Days restricted or transferred
9

Therapist reaching to release lever of bed rail

Therapist was assisting patient back into bed at end of therapy session and bent over to position bed rail When bending over therapist felt immediate sudden pain to lower back area which caused pain when leaning forward backward and walking

Strain or Tear Both Lower Back

Bedrail

Material Handling Both Lower Back Bedrail

Job description
Physical Therapist Ex
SOC code
29-1123 — Physical Therapists
NAICS code
622310 — Specialty Hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
797
Total hours worked
1153156
EIN
223486125
Establishment ID
1454308
Employer case #
25-088971
Date of incident
Shift started
8:00
Time of incident
10:25
Filing year
2025
Submitted
02FEB26:19:08:00

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.