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OSHA Injury Report: Station 5-1 EMS

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Station 5-1 EMS in Palmer, AK 99645 resulted in days away from work. Employee was eMS DEPUTY CHIEF in ambulance and fire service combined.

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
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
55
Days restricted or transferred
47

employee was replacing the main oxygen cylinder in an ambulance

[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.

Strain to Right Arm

heavy oxygen cylinder

Strain to Right Arm caused by heavy oxygen cylinder

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
Avg employees
82
Total hours worked
154004
Establishment ID
1471849
Employer case #
IN-202509
Date of incident
Shift started
8:00
Time of incident
13:25
Filing year
2025
Submitted
13FEB26:19:22:00

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.