NORWICH, CT —
OSHA Injury Report: BACKUS HOSPITAL
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at BACKUS HOSPITAL in NORWICH, CT 6360 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was sURGICAL TECHNOLOGIS 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
- MAIN OR ROOM 3
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 26
Before the incident
Employee was assisting with moving a patient from the operating table back to a stretcher following surgery
What happened
While assisting with transferring a patient to a stretcher after surgery the employee reported feeling a pop in the right wrist with slight pain at the time of the transfer The pain increased over the weekend and continues particularly with upward and downward wrist movement
Injury or illness
UPPER EXTREMITIES WRIST STRAIN Injury
Object or substance involved
Patient during transfer activity manual patient handling
Summary line
While assisting with transferring a patient to a stretcher after surgery employee reported feeling a pop in right wrist with slight pain at time of transfer Pain increased over the weekend and continues particularly with upward and downward wrist movement
Employee and industry
- Job description
- SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIS
- SOC code
- 29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
- 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 #
- E4U3683
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:32
- Time of incident
- 7:45
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27FEB26:21:30:00
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.