Palmer, AK ·
OSHA Injury Report: Station 5-1 EMS
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Station 5-1 EMS in 1911 S Terrace Rd, Palmer, AK 99645 resulted in days away from work. Employee was EMS deputy chief in ambulance and fire service combined.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Station 5-1 EMS
- Parent company
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough
- Street
- 1911 S Terrace Rd
- City
- Palmer
- State
- AK
- ZIP
- 99645
- On-site location
- Station 5-1
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 55
- Days restricted or transferred
- 47
Before the incident
employee was replacing the main oxygen cylinder in an ambulance
What happened
[REDACTED] [REDACTED] was switching out the main oxygen bottle on ambulance 00158 at [REDACTED] today. He had already removed the empty one and utilized the oxygen cylinder lift to place a new one in the appropriate compartment. The lift was not able to totally lift the cylinder into the exact position. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] released the cylinder from the lift mechanism to complete the positioning manually in the compartment. The cylinder was fully in the compartment but needed final positioning. [REDACTED] reported during the manipulation of the cylinder he felt and heard three pops in his right anterior elbow bicep area followed by pain nausea sweating. He contacted me to report the incident.
Injury or illness
Strain to Right Arm
Object or substance involved
heavy oxygen cylinder
Summary line
Strain to Right Arm caused by heavy oxygen cylinder
Employee and industry
- Job description
- EMS DEPUTY CHIEF
- SOC code
- 33-1021: First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
- NAICS code
- 922160: Ambulance and fire service combined
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 82
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 154,004
- Establishment ID
- 1471849
- Employer case #
- IN-202509
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 13:25
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-13
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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