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OSHA Injury Report: Yale-New Haven Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Yale-New Haven Hospital in 20 York Street, New Haven, CT 6510 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was resid st Yr Post Md in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Yale-New Haven Hospital
Parent company
Yale New Haven Health
Street
20 York Street
City
New Haven
State
CT
ZIP
6510
On-site location
BDNPSC NORTH PAVILION/SMILOW CANCER HOSPITAL (YNHH) Floor 15

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

At patient bedside performing neurovascular assessment of flap

What happened

After having used the tuberculin needle to test the flap for blood flow I went to sheath it with my left hand holding the cover. The needle went into the sheath and through the plastic into my finger.

Injury or illness

Left index finger tip. Bleeding of left index finger

Object or substance involved

Needle

Summary line

Needlestick to left index finger from contaminated tuberculin syringe sustained while recapping needle post using same for circulatory test on surgical flap.

Employee and industry

Job description
Resid st Yr Post Md
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
14100
Total hours worked
23822410
EIN
060646652
Establishment ID
122344
Employer case #
Y71766476

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
5:30
Time of incident
22:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
13JAN26:20:07:00

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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.