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OSHA Injury Report: BACKUS HOSPITAL

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at BACKUS HOSPITAL in NORWICH, CT 6360 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was pHLEBOTOMIST in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.

Establishment
BACKUS HOSPITAL
Parent company
HARTFORD HEALTH CARE CORP
Street
326 WASHINGTON ST
City
NORWICH
State
CT
ZIP
6360
On-site location
CCU ROOM 1
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee was withdrawing a needle following a procedure and applying gauze to the patient s wrist

While slightly withdrawing a needle and applying gauze to the patient s wrist the needle grazed the employee s right index finger

UPPER EXTREMITIES FINGER S CUT PUNCTURE Injury

Hypodermic needle sharp instrument during patient care

While slightly withdrawing a needle and applying gauze to the patient s wrist the needle grazed the employee s right index finger

Job description
PHLEBOTOMIST
SOC code
31-9097 — Phlebotomists
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 #
E4K0726
Date of incident
Shift started
13:30
Time of incident
20:45
Filing year
2025
Submitted
27FEB26:21:07:00

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.