Arlington, MA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Armstrong Ambulance Service
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Armstrong Ambulance Service in 87 Mystic St, Arlington, MA 2474 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was EMT in emergency Medical Service Provider.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Armstrong Ambulance Service
- Parent company
- Armstrong Ambulance Service
- Street
- 87 Mystic St
- City
- Arlington
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 2474
- On-site location
- Aberjona Nursing Facility in Winchester and then again in a group home in Wakefield
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 67
Before the incident
Standing for the first event sitting for the second
What happened
We were moving a patient from his bed to the stretcher and I was on the pushing side. When I went to move the patient I felt a pain in my back. During the move the bed was moved which pushed my knees back making me hyperextend my back. Later that day we had to lift a heavy patient at a group home and push her up a ramp on the stretcher
Injury or illness
Other Recordable Incident
Object or substance involved
NA
Summary line
While moving a patient from bed to stretcher I felt back pain due to hyperextension caused by the bed 's movement. Later lifting a heavy patient and pushing her up a ramp exacerbated the injury.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- EMT
- SOC code
- 29-2042: Emergency Medical Technicians
- NAICS code
- 621910: Emergency Medical Service Provider
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 363
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 589,023
- EIN
- 042747453
- Establishment ID
- 63889
- Employer case #
- OR-25-015
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-25
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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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