# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Empress Ambulance Services
> OSHA SIR `2023098749` · 9/21/2023 · SLATE HILL, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources
- **Source:** Stretchers, backboards, wheeled cots, stair chairs
## Employer
- **Name:** Empress Ambulance Services
- **Location:** Interstate 84 East mm 11, SLATE HILL, NEW YORK, 10973
- **NAICS:** 621910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was providing medical treatment to injured persons involved in a motor vehicle accident. The employee was walking up and down a low-grade embankment carrying injured persons on transport equipment such as backboards. The employee sustained chest pain, and a possible cardiac related event with an elevated heart rate and elevated blood pressure.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*