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OSHA Injury Report: Gettysburg Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Gettysburg Hospital in 147 Gettys St, Gettysburg, PA 17325 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was certified Surgical First Assistant.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Gettysburg Hospital
Parent company
Wellspan Health
Street
147 Gettys St
City
Gettysburg
State
PA
ZIP
17325
On-site location
Operating Room

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Changing needles out

What happened

Employee states they were changing hypodermic needles during cataract surgery and inadvertently punctured their left index finger with an Alcon 25 gauge formed reverse cutting curved needle with a small barb on the end that is used during eye surgeries.

Injury or illness

Left index finger - Needle stick

Object or substance involved

Needle

Summary line

Left index finger - Needle stick

Employee and industry

Job description
Certified Surgical First Assistant
SOC code
29-9093 — Surgical Assistants
NAICS code
622110
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
882
Total hours worked
1204104
EIN
231352220
Establishment ID
603873
Employer case #
4/2/2025

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
11:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
06FEB26:15:38:00

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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.