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OSHA Injury Report: Regional West Health Services

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Regional West Health Services in 4021 Avenue B, Scottsbluff, NE 69361 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was laboratory Assistant in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Regional West Health Services
Parent company
RWHS
Street
4021 Avenue B
City
Scottsbluff
State
NE
ZIP
69361
On-site location
Microbiology

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

setting up a tissue culture (bone) used scalpel to cut break the bone apart

What happened

Cut myself with a scalpel on middle finger while trying to break apart a piece of bone that was covered in blood.

Injury or illness

laceration to middle finger with contaminated scalpel

Object or substance involved

scalpel

Summary line

Cut puncture scrape injured by miscellaneous

Employee and industry

Job description
Laboratory Assistant
SOC code
29-2012 — Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
860
Total hours worked
1411814
EIN
363314157
Establishment ID
1086437
Employer case #
UHC2306436

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Filing year
2023
Submitted
29FEB24:19:16:00

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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.