Edison, NJ —
OSHA Injury Report: N.J. Veterans Memorial Home at Menlo Park
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at N.J. Veterans Memorial Home at Menlo Park in Edison, NJ 8818 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintainence Repairer in intellectual and developmental disability facilities (e.g., homes, hospitals, intermediate care facilities), residential.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- N.J. Veterans Memorial Home at Menlo Park
- Parent company
- State of NJ
- Street
- 132 Evergreen Rd
- City
- Edison
- State
- NJ
- ZIP
- 8818
- On-site location
- resident room 631
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 28
Before the incident
worker received a call that there was a clog in one of the resident 's room
What happened
worker went to unclog a drain and was unaware someone had already put chemicals in the drain prior to his arrival. The chemical splashed on to worker 's face and arms and he inhaled the chemicals.
Injury or illness
chemical splash on to face arms and inhaled.
Object or substance involved
drain unclogging chemical
Summary line
chemical splashed on face and arms lungs
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintainence Repairer
- SOC code
- 49-9071 — Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
- NAICS code
- 623210 — Intellectual and developmental disability facilities (e.g., homes, hospitals, intermediate care facilities), residential
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 352
- Total hours worked
- 743556
- Establishment ID
- 1428486
- Employer case #
- 2684
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 9:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 03FEB26:20:41:00
Source
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.