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 public safety office 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
- A POD HALLWAY NEAR ROOM 6
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 98
Before the incident
Employee Public Safety Officer was responding to and attempting to stabilize a patient during a behavioral incident
What happened
During a behavioral incident the patient struck the employee in the head with a closed fist The employee fell to the ground as a result of the strike While Public Safety staff attempted to stabilize the patient both the patient and staff fell onto the employee during the struggle
Injury or illness
LOWER EXTREMITIES ANKLE STRUCK OR INJ BY Injury
Object or substance involved
Patient physical assault during behavioral intervention
Summary line
During a behavioral incident the patient struck employee in head with a closed fist The employee fell to ground as result of the strike While Public Safety attempted to stabilize patient both patient and staff fell onto the employee during the struggle
Employee and industry
- Job description
- PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICE
- 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 #
- FPX8934
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 22:24
- Time of incident
- 02:56
- 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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