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OSHA Injury Report: Fairbanks Memorial Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital in 1560 Cowles Street, Fairbanks, AK 99705 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was oB Tech in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Fairbanks Memorial Hospital
Parent company
Foundation Health Partners
Street
1560 Cowles Street
City
Fairbanks
State
AK
ZIP
99705
On-site location
Women's Center

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Cleaning up birthing table after a delivery

What happened

She noted a syringe with a needle still attached that looked capped; she grasped it by the syringe and it slipped fell from her hand due to blood on her gloves and the cap came off and the needle punctured her thumb on the opposite hand.

Injury or illness

contaminated needlestick left thumb

Object or substance involved

Contaminated needle

Summary line

contaminated needlestick left thumb

Employee and industry

Job description
OB Tech
SOC code
29-2099 — Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1506
Total hours worked
3385793
Establishment ID
927361
Employer case #
2025-12-0

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
19:00
Time of incident
21:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
17FEB26:01:30:00

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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.