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OSHA Injury Report: BACKUS HOSPITAL

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at BACKUS HOSPITAL in NORWICH, CT 6360 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was sTUDENT NURSING TECH 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
ROOM A279
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
12

Employee was assisting with transferring a patient to a bedside commode with staff assistance

While assisting with transferring a patient to a commode the patient repeatedly sat back down requiring multiple lifting attempts with staff assistance After several attempts to complete the transfer the employee began experiencing back pain

LOWER BACK AREA LUMBAR LUMBAR SACRAL STRAIN Injury

Patient during repeated manual transfer attempts overexertion during patient handling

While assisting with transferring a patient to a commode the patient repeatedly sat back down requiring multiple lifting attempts with staff assistance After several attempts to complete the transfer the employee began experiencing back pain

Job description
STUDENT NURSING TECH
SOC code
31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
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 #
FPX6235
Date of incident
Shift started
14:54
Time of incident
20:30
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.