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OSHA Injury Report: Medstar Georgetown University Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital in 3800 Reservoir Rd NW, Washington, DC 20007 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was patient Care Technician in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
Street
3800 Reservoir Rd NW
City
Washington
State
DC
ZIP
20007
On-site location
NURSING-MED/SURG

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

was floated to endoscopy suit to learn on IV starts associate missed with 1st attempt she removed the IV needle without deploying the safety mechanism and placed the needle back into the packaging to discard after the IV start. After successful 2nd attempt if IV start associate was cleaning up after IV start and was in the process of cleaning up and associate poked herself on right 1st joint of the thumb. Cannot recall how the needle stick happened. Felt poke through gloves and noticed bleeding on thumb and removed gloves and washed hand and washed hand with sanitizer.

What happened

was floated to endoscopy suit to learn on IV starts associate missed with 1st attempt she removed the IV needle without deploying the safety mechanism and placed the needle back into the packaging to discard after the IV start. After successful 2nd attempt if IV start associate was cleaning up after IV start and was in the process of cleaning up and associate poked herself on right 1st joint of the thumb. Cannot recall how the needle stick happened. Felt poke through gloves and noticed bleeding on thumb and removed gloves and washed hand and washed hand with sanitizer.

Injury or illness

BBP - Percutaneous Contact Thumb Left

Object or substance involved

IV Needle

Summary line

BBP - Percutaneous Contact Thumb Left

Employee and industry

Job description
Patient Care Technician
SOC code
31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
5555
Total hours worked
9896220
Establishment ID
1148659
Employer case #
2025-1625

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
13:15
Filing year
2025
Submitted
19FEB26:18:52:00

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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.