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OSHA Injury Report: BACKUS HOSPITAL

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at BACKUS HOSPITAL in 326 WASHINGTON ST, NORWICH, CT 6360 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was sURGICAL TECHNOLOGIS in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
BACKUS HOSPITAL
Parent company
HARTFORD HEALTH CARE CORP
Street
326 WASHINGTON ST
City
NORWICH
State
CT
ZIP
6360
On-site location
MAIN OR ROOM 3

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
26

Before the incident

Employee was assisting with moving a patient from the operating table back to a stretcher following surgery

What happened

While assisting with transferring a patient to a stretcher after surgery the employee reported feeling a pop in the right wrist with slight pain at the time of the transfer The pain increased over the weekend and continues particularly with upward and downward wrist movement

Injury or illness

UPPER EXTREMITIES WRIST STRAIN Injury

Object or substance involved

Patient during transfer activity manual patient handling

Summary line

While assisting with transferring a patient to a stretcher after surgery employee reported feeling a pop in right wrist with slight pain at time of transfer Pain increased over the weekend and continues particularly with upward and downward wrist movement

Employee and industry

Job description
SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIS
SOC code
29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
NAICS code
622110 — General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1796
Total hours worked
3133676
EIN
060250773
Establishment ID
1145572
Employer case #
E4U3683

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:32
Time of incident
7:45
Filing year
2025
Submitted
27FEB26:21:30:00

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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 — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.