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OSHA Injury Report: Samaritan Medical Center

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Samaritan Medical Center in 830 Washington St, Watertown, NY 13601 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rN in hospital.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Samaritan Medical Center
Parent company
Samaritan Medical Center
Street
830 Washington St
City
Watertown
State
NY
ZIP
13601
On-site location
PCU

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Disconnected primary line from IV and hung line up by bag prior to capping.

What happened

The patient had blood in their line that had tracked up into the primary line. I disconnected the primary line from the IV line and I hung the line up with the sodium bicarb bag. I went to cap the primary line and I felt a small drop go into my left eye. I finished med pass quickly then flushed my eye.

Injury or illness

BBP exposure mucous membranes

Object or substance involved

Body Fluids

Summary line

BBP exposure mucous membranes

Employee and industry

Job description
RN
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — Hospital
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1946
Total hours worked
1103367
EIN
150533577
Establishment ID
136054
Employer case #
52

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
15:15
Filing year
2025
Submitted
29JAN26:20:28:00

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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.