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OSHA Injury Report: AMERICAN AMBULANCE SERVICE

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at AMERICAN AMBULANCE SERVICE in 80 HIGH ST, NORWICH, CT 6360 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was pARAMEDIC in ambulance Services.

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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
IN THE AMBULANCE DURING TRANSPORT

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Employee was providing patient care during transport and holding the patient s arm

What happened

During patient transport the employee sustained a cut to the right thumb through the glove from an unknown blade The employee continued holding the patient s arm which was covered in blood resulting in contact between the employee s blood and the patient s blood The employee was unable to change gloves immediately due to the circumstances of the incident

Injury or illness

UPPER EXTREMITIES THUMB CUT PUNCTURE Injury

Object or substance involved

Unknown sharp object blade contaminated sharp during patient transport

Summary line

During patient transport employee sustained cut to right thumb through glove from unknown blade Employee continued holding patient arm covered in blood causing contact between employee blood and patient blood Employee unable to change glove in incident

Employee and industry

Job description
PARAMEDIC
SOC code
29-2043 — Paramedics
NAICS code
621910 — Ambulance Services
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
161
Total hours worked
290479
EIN
061028857
Establishment ID
1373977
Employer case #
F8V8219

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
15:52
Time of incident
17:15
Filing year
2025
Submitted
28FEB26:00:47:00

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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.