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OSHA Injury Report: Kittitas Valley Community Hospital (DBA Kittitas Valley Healthcare)

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Kittitas Valley Community Hospital (DBA Kittitas Valley Healthcare) in 603 S. Chestnut St, Ellensburg, WA 98926 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sterile Processing Technician in general medical and surgical hospitals.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Kittitas Valley Community Hospital (DBA Kittitas Valley Healthcare)
Street
603 S. Chestnut St
City
Ellensburg
State
WA
ZIP
98926
On-site location
Decontamination Room

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

I was brushing the tips of a tissue forceps below the water because there was dry blood on it after the case. while brushing it with downward pressure as the brush left the tip of the instrument the forceps came back and the teeth on the end caught my thumb causing a tear in my gloves and cut on the surface of my thumb.

What happened

I was brushing the tips of a tissue forceps below the water because there was dry blood on it after the case. while brushing it with downward pressure as the brush left the tip of the instrument the forceps came back and the teeth on the end caught my thumb causing a tear in my gloves and cut on the surface of my thumb.

Injury or illness

Puncture

Object or substance involved

CUT - Cut Puncture Scrape NOC

Summary line

I was brushing the tips of a tissue forceps below the water because there was dry blood on it after the case. while brushing it with downward pressure as the brush left the tip of the instrument the forceps came back and the teeth on the end caught my thu

Employee and industry

Job description
Sterile Processing Technician
SOC code
31-9093 — Medical Equipment Preparers
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
419
Total hours worked
693088
EIN
910757683
Establishment ID
435489
Employer case #
SX33886

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
9:00
Time of incident
12:10
Filing year
2025
Submitted
05MAR26:15:47:00

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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.