Grand Rapids, MI —
OSHA Injury Report: Life EMS Inc.-Kent
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Life EMS Inc.-Kent in Grand Rapids, MI 49503 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was paramedic in ambulance services, air or ground.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Life EMS Inc.-Kent
- Parent company
- Life EMS Ambulance
- Street
- 1275 Cedar St. NE
- City
- Grand Rapids
- State
- MI
- ZIP
- 49503
- On-site location
- In ambulance
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Starting an IV on a medical patient
What happened
Upon starting the IV the hub sheared away and the employee was holding pressure to stop bleeding with his left hand and before they were able to retract the needle the ambulance hit a bump which caused them to accidentally stick themselves with the IV needle
Injury or illness
Needlestick
Object or substance involved
Sharps exposure
Summary line
Needlestick to left index finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Paramedic
- SOC code
- 29-2043 — Paramedics
- NAICS code
- 621910 — Ambulance services, air or ground
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 357
- Total hours worked
- 553957
- Establishment ID
- 109260
- Employer case #
- 14
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 17:00
- Time of incident
- 20:15
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 24JAN2025:19:34:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.