OSHA Injury Report: ST VINCENTS MEDICAL CENTER - BRIDGEPORT

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

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

When (timing detail)

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.