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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 registered Nurse Ed 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 1

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Had just given an IM injection in the right deltoid to a patient who was on the bathroom floor as I was pulling out needle and engaging the safety cover got stuck on the tip of right middle finger

What happened

as [REDACTED] was pulled from arm I was against a wall with patient on other side of me and security - 2 security officers over him as I went to engage safety cover I got stuck on the tip of my right middle digit

Injury or illness

right tip of middle right finger. bleeding

Object or substance involved

needle stick

Summary line

Needlestick to right middle finger after giving an IM injection.

Employee and industry

Job description
Registered Nurse Ed
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
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 #
W31754772

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
9:00
Time of incident
18:50
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.