Norway, ME —
OSHA Injury Report: WMH - Stephens Memorial Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at WMH - Stephens Memorial Hospital in 181 Main Street, Norway, ME 4268 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Technologist in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- WMH - Stephens Memorial Hospital
- Parent company
- Stephens memorial Hosptial
- Street
- 181 Main Street
- City
- Norway
- State
- ME
- ZIP
- 4268
- On-site location
- OR Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
passing suture needle during eye case from provider to CTM
What happened
Doing an eye case with Dr. [REDACTED] suturing patient eye would closed in the dark with 10-0 nylon suture when Dr. handed back to me free needle with forcep I accidentally grabbed the tip of the needle. It punctured through my glove into left pointer finge
Injury or illness
W46.1XXA-Contact with contaminated hypodermic needle initial encounter Z77.21-Contact with and (suspected) exposure to potentially hazardous body fluids SHARP
Object or substance involved
needle
Summary line
Contact with contaminated hypodermic needle initial encounter
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Surgical Technologist
- SOC code
- 29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 386
- Total hours worked
- 536225
- EIN
- 010238552
- Establishment ID
- 989072
- Employer case #
- 01092025-
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 9:45
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 25FEB26:19:40:00
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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.
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