OSHA Injury Report: Hennepin County Medical Center

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Before the incident

EE was working as a RN in the [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] I was working in team center B. I only had 1 patient so I was helping others. One of the docs asked me to put a shoulder immobilizer on a patient. I put it on and was tucking it around her body when I was poked by an uncapped used 20g IV needle that was left in the blankets. It stabbed me twice on the back of my right hand. My pinkie finger knuckle and ring finger knuckle.

What happened

EE was working as a RN in the [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] I was working in team center B. I only had 1 patient so I was helping others. One of the docs asked me to put a shoulder immobilizer on a patient. I put it on and was tucking it around her body when I was poked by an uncapped used 20g IV needle that was left in the blankets. It stabbed me twice on the back of my right hand. My pinkie finger knuckle and ring finger knuckle.

Injury or illness

BFE needlestick to back of right hand (pinkie finger knuckle and ring finger knuckle)

Object or substance involved

used needle left in patient 's bed

Summary line

BFE needlesticks to back of right hand

Employee and industry

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.