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OSHA Injury Report: Jefferson Township Police Department

Other illness · Days away from work

On , an other illness at Jefferson Township Police Department in Lake Hopatcong, NJ 07849 resulted in days away from work. Employee was police Officer in public safety bureaus and statistics centers, government.

Establishment
Jefferson Township Police Department
Parent company
Township of Jefferson
Street
1033 Weldon Road
City
Lake Hopatcong
State
NJ
ZIP
07849
On-site location
265 Route 15 South Lake Hopatcong NJ 07849
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Other illness (code 6)
Days away from work
2

He had just arrived at the scene of a person experiencing chest pain - parking lot of a gas station and after speaking to the person had returned to his car to retrieve something.

When he returned to the person complaining of chest pain they had died.

The officer experienced an emotional response to the death of the person he was just speaking with a minute before.

Unexpected death of a person.

emotional response to unexpected death

Job description
Police Officer
SOC code
33-3051 — Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers
NAICS code
922190 — Public safety bureaus and statistics centers, government
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
51
Total hours worked
105621
EIN
226002010
Establishment ID
1242152
Employer case #
2
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:33:00.000
Submitted
08MAY24:12:37:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.