NORWICH, CT ·
OSHA Injury Report: BACKUS HOSPITAL
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at BACKUS HOSPITAL in 326 WASHINGTON ST, NORWICH, CT 6360 resulted in days away from work. Employee was PCT 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
- PSYCH POD
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 3
Before the incident
Employee was monitoring the unit and attempting to prevent a patient from entering a restricted area nursing station area with pediatric patients
What happened
A patient attempted to enter the nursing station and pushed staff out of the way The employee intervened to prevent the patient from accessing an area where pediatric patients were present During the incident the patient made it through the door and the employee followed in an attempt to maintain safety
Injury or illness
CHEST RIBS STERNUM AND SOFT TISSUE STRUCK OR INJ BY Injury
Object or substance involved
Patient physical contact during behavioral incident
Summary line
A patient attempted to enter the nursing station and pushed staff out of the way Employee intervened to prevent patient from accessing area with pediatric patients During incident the patient made it through door and employee followed to maintain safety
Employee and industry
- Job description
- PCT
- SOC code
- 00-9900: Insufficient Information - NIOSH
- NAICS code
- 622110: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 1,796
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 3,133,676
- EIN
- 060250773
- Establishment ID
- 1145572
- Employer case #
- FPX4442
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:50
- Time of incident
- 03:11
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-27
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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, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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