Bridgeport, CT ·
OSHA Injury Report: Bridgeport Store / Human Services / Administration
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Bridgeport Store / Human Services / Administration in 165 Ocean Terrace, Bridgeport, CT 06605 resulted in days away from work. Employee was job Coach in used merchandise stores.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Bridgeport Store / Human Services / Administration
- Parent company
- Goodwill of Western & Northern CT
- Street
- 165 Ocean Terrace
- City
- Bridgeport
- State
- CT
- ZIP
- 06605
- On-site location
- Benchmark Senior Living - Carriage Green at Milford (community employment services job site)
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 3
Before the incident
Job coaching a participant in an off-site kitchen.
What happened
The employee was job coaching a participant in the kitchen at Benchmark Senior Living. The participant began having a seizure that lasted for 12-15 minutes. When the seizure began the employee caught the participant and eased her down to a safe place. The employee along with a nurse helped hold the participants legs down to keep her from flailing. The employee felt bruising and pain in her legs and back after the incident. Contusion Sprain to lower back and both legs.
Injury or illness
Contusion strain to lower back and both legs.
Object or substance involved
A seizing person.
Summary line
The employee caught a participant that was falling due to a seizure and while doing so ended up with a strain and contusions in lower back and legs.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Job Coach
- SOC code
- 41-2031: Retail Salespersons
- NAICS code
- 453310: Used merchandise stores
- NAICS vintage
- 2017
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 144
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 243,516
- EIN
- 60662111
- Establishment ID
- 186854
- Employer case #
- 4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:58
- Time of incident
- 09:12
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-03-01
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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