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OSHA Injury Report: West River Health Services

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at West River Health Services in 1000 Highway 12, Hettinger, ND 58639 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was registered Nurse in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
West River Health Services
Parent company
West River Health Services
Street
1000 Highway 12
City
Hettinger
State
ND
ZIP
58639
On-site location
Patient Room

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Giving a vaccine

What happened

She was giving a patient a vaccine and laid the needle on the bed. When she was cleaning up she grabbed the needle with her right hand. As the left was coming over to pick up other garbage she stuck the dirty needle in her left pointer finger.

Injury or illness

Needlestick

Object or substance involved

Dirty needle

Summary line

Needle Stick to left pointer finger

Employee and industry

Job description
Registered Nurse
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
284
Total hours worked
310395
EIN
450340688
Establishment ID
877418
Employer case #
16

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:23:00.000
Time of incident
14:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
29FEB24:22:20:00

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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.