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OSHA Injury Report: Guthrie Corning Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Guthrie Corning Hospital in 1 Guthrie Drive, Corning, NY 14830 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was licensed Practical Nurse in general medical and surgical hospitals.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Guthrie Corning Hospital
Parent company
The Guthrie Clinic
Street
1 Guthrie Drive
City
Corning
State
NY
ZIP
14830
On-site location
CNG 2 East room 227

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Giving a heparin injection to the patient.

What happened

The employees written description of the event is as follows. Went into room 227 to give heparin shot to patient. Patient received heparin shot but before needle could be fully capped pt it went into my 1st digit of my left hand. What conditions influenced the incident? Morning med pass was busy and patient had a bed alarm. What caused the incident? Not capping the needle all the way.

Injury or illness

Blood or Body Fluid Exposure Bodily Fluids That Were Visibly Bloody Percutaneous Physical Injury Contact With Objects And Equipment Puncture LEFT thumb

Object or substance involved

Contaminated needle

Summary line

Blood or Body Fluid Exposure Bodily Fluids That Were Visibly Bloody Percutaneous Physical Injury Contact With Objects And Equipment Puncture LEFT thumb

Employee and industry

Job description
Licensed Practical Nurse
SOC code
29-2061 — Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
559
Total hours worked
1028670
Establishment ID
1075180
Employer case #
9321434

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
19:00
Time of incident
6:40
Filing year
2025
Submitted
16JAN26:18:39:00

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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.