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OSHA Injury Report: Westerly Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Westerly Hospital in 25 Wells Street, Westerly, RI 2891 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was housekeeper II in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Westerly Hospital
Parent company
Yale New Haven Health
Street
25 Wells Street
City
Westerly
State
RI
ZIP
2891
On-site location
25WELLS WESTERLY HOSPITAL MAIN CAMPUS(25 WELLS STREET) Floor 2

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

I was taking a bag of linen out of the linen cart to tie. when I was tying it in a goose neck my ring finger on my left hand locked. then when i was lifting into the blue linen bin it happened again

What happened

I was tying a bag of linen into a goose neck tie. then it happened again when i lifted it into the linen cart.

Injury or illness

Ring finger left hand. My ring finger on my left hand locked

Object or substance involved

Linen bag

Summary line

Tying a dirty linen bag when her left ring finger locked up.

Employee and industry

Job description
Housekeeper II
SOC code
37-2012 — Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
596
Total hours worked
880575
EIN
460543230
Establishment ID
174913
Employer case #
W11750671

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
7:45
Filing year
2025
Submitted
13JAN26:18:56:00

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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 — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.