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OSHA Injury Report: Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital in 50 Union Street, Ellsworth, ME 04605 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Tech in general medical and surgical hospitals.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital
Parent company
Maine Coast Healthcare Corp
Street
50 Union Street
City
Ellsworth
State
ME
ZIP
04605
On-site location
Surgical Services

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Monitoring the surgical area

What happened

They were digging in a garbage bag looking for a scope torcar that had been thrown away accidently

Injury or illness

cut right ring finger on contaminated knife blade

Object or substance involved

contaminated knife blade

Summary line

cut finger on contaminated blad

Employee and industry

Job description
Surgical Tech
SOC code
29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
399
Total hours worked
761648
EIN
10190331
Establishment ID
1010998
Employer case #
17

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:45:00.000
Time of incident
9:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
03FEB24:16:54:00

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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 — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.