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OSHA Injury Report: Whitman Hospital & Medical Center

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Whitman Hospital & Medical Center in 1200 W Fairview St, Colfax, WA 99111 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sonographer in general medical and surgical hospitals.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Whitman Hospital & Medical Center
Street
1200 W Fairview St
City
Colfax
State
WA
ZIP
99111
On-site location
Ultrasound room

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Following an interventional procedure I was cleaning up and putting needles in the sharps container. I gave the tray a thorough look for any additional sharps then folded the blue paper into the tray and placed it in the trash immediately feeling a needle stick.

What happened

Following an interventional procedure I was cleaning up and putting needles in the sharps container. I gave the tray a thorough look for any additional sharps then folded the blue paper into the tray and placed it in the trash immediately feeling a needle stick.

Injury or illness

Puncture

Object or substance involved

CUT - Cut Puncture Scrape NOC

Summary line

Following an interventional procedure I was cleaning up and putting needles in the sharps container. I gave the tray a thorough look for any additional sharps then folded the blue paper into the tray and placed it in the trash immediately feeling a needle

Employee and industry

Job description
Sonographer
SOC code
29-2032 — Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
239
Total hours worked
374259
EIN
911451777
Establishment ID
435520
Employer case #
SX34001

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:45
Time of incident
10:15
Filing year
2025
Submitted
05MAR26:18:36:00

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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.