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OSHA Injury Report: AMERICAN AMBULANCE SERVICE

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at AMERICAN AMBULANCE SERVICE in 80 HIGH ST, NORWICH, CT 6360 resulted in days away from work. Employee was eMT in ambulance services, air or ground.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
AMERICAN AMBULANCE SERVICE
Parent company
HARTFORD HEALTH CARE CORP
Street
80 HIGH ST
City
NORWICH
State
CT
ZIP
6360
On-site location
EMS AMBULANCE

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
21

Before the incident

LIFTING A PATIENT INTO THE AMBULANCE

What happened

CM [REDACTED] THE [REDACTED] ON MY FIRST PATIENT I FELT A SHOOT[REDACTED]G PA[REDACTED] DOWN MY LOWER BACK WHEN BEND[REDACTED]G OVER TO LIFT A PATIENT [REDACTED]TO THE AMBULANCE ASSUM[REDACTED]G IT WAS FROM BE[REDACTED]G SORE I WAS VERY AWARE OF MY BACK POSTURE [REDACTED] I LIFTED A PATIE

Injury or illness

LOWER BACK AREA (LUMBAR LUMBAR-SACRAL) STRAIN Injury

Object or substance involved

OVEREXERTION PROPER BODY MECHANICS WEIGHT OF THE STRETCHER

Summary line

CM [REDACTED] THE [REDACTED] ON MY FIRST PATIENT I FELT A SHOOT[REDACTED]G PA[REDACTED] DOWN MY LOWER BACK WHEN BEND[REDACTED]G OVER TO LIFT A PATIENT [REDACTED]TO THE AMBULANCE ASSUM[REDACTED]G IT WAS FROM BE[REDACTED]G SORE I WAS VERY AWARE OF MY BACK P

Employee and industry

Job description
EMT
SOC code
29-2042 — Emergency Medical Technicians
NAICS code
621910 — Ambulance services, air or ground
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
170
Total hours worked
287317
EIN
61028857
Establishment ID
1373977
Employer case #
F6D6752

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:47
Time of incident
9:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
28FEB2025:19:07:00

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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.