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OSHA Injury Report: Down East Community Hospital

Other illness · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an other illness at Down East Community Hospital in 11 Hospital Drive, Machias, ME 4654 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was phlebotomist in general medical and surgical hospitals.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Down East Community Hospital
Parent company
Down East Community Hospital
Street
11 Hospital Drive
City
Machias
State
ME
ZIP
4654
On-site location
Laboratory

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Other illness (code 6)

Before the incident

Employee drawing blood on a patient and employee got a needle stick in left thumb

What happened

Employee drawing blood on a patient and employee got a needle stick in left thumb

Injury or illness

BBP exposure

Object or substance involved

Needle

Summary line

Employee was removing a IV from a patients arm blood splashed up into the employee 's mouth from the IV.

Employee and industry

Job description
Phlebotomist
SOC code
31-9097 — Phlebotomists
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
350
Total hours worked
429395
EIN
010263198
Establishment ID
1274999
Employer case #
13

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
16JAN26:21:09:00

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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.