BRIDGEPORT, CT ·
OSHA Injury Report: ST VINCENTS MEDICAL CENTER - BRIDGEPORT
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at ST VINCENTS MEDICAL CENTER - BRIDGEPORT in 2800 MAIN STREET, BRIDGEPORT, CT 66065363 resulted in days away from work. Employee was PCT in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- ST VINCENTS MEDICAL CENTER - BRIDGEPORT
- Parent company
- HARTFORD HEALTH CARE CORP
- Street
- 2800 MAIN STREET
- City
- BRIDGEPORT
- State
- CT
- ZIP
- 66065363
- On-site location
- PATIENT BATHROOM
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 21
- Days restricted or transferred
- 8
Before the incident
Employee was assisting a patient from the bathroom and ambulating her back to the room
What happened
While ambulating a patient from the bathroom the patient s knees buckled The employee grabbed the patient around the waist to prevent a fall and lowered the patient safely to the floor During this process the employee experienced immediate lower back pain and injured the right wrist resulting in difficulty with wrist movement
Injury or illness
LOWER BACK AREA LUMBAR LUMBAR SACRAL STRAIN Injury
Object or substance involved
Patient during assisted ambulation fall prevention overexertion during patient handling
Summary line
Ambulating patient from bathroom patient knees buckled Employee grabbed patient around waist to prevent fall and lowered patient safely to floor Employee experienced immediate lower back pain and injured right wrist
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)
- 2,252
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 3,246,936
- EIN
- 832550272
- Establishment ID
- 1149912
- Employer case #
- FPX7277
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:55
- Time of incident
- 16:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-03-01
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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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