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OSHA Injury Report: The Washington Hospital

Other illness · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an other illness at The Washington Hospital in 155 Wilson Avenue, Washington, PA 15301 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was cert Surg Tech Hr in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
The Washington Hospital
Parent company
Washington Health System
Street
155 Wilson Avenue
City
Washington
State
PA
ZIP
15301
On-site location
OR room 10

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Other illness (code 6)

Before the incident

EE working in [REDACTED] during surgical case EE reached with a gloved RT hand to place a contaminated instrument in a water bucket when EE felt a pinch to lateral RT 5th finger There was a contaminated pin driver against the water bucket that pinched RT finger

What happened

EE working in [REDACTED] during surgical case EE reached with a gloved RT hand to place a contaminated instrument in a water bucket when EE felt a pinch to lateral RT 5th finger There was a contaminated pin driver against the water bucket that pinched RT finger

Injury or illness

EE working in OR during surgical case EE reached with a gloved RT hand to place a contaminated instrument in a water bucket when EE felt a pinch to lateral RT 5th finger There was a contaminated pin driver against the water bucket that pinched RT finger

Object or substance involved

EE working in OR during surgical case EE reached with a gloved RT hand to place a contaminated instrument in a water bucket when EE felt a pinch to lateral RT 5th finger There was a contaminated pin driver against the water bucket that pinched RT finger

Summary line

EE working in [REDACTED] during surgical case EE reached with a gloved RT hand to place a contaminated instrument in a water bucket when EE felt a pinch to lateral RT 5th finger There was a contaminated pin driver against the water bucket that pinched RT

Employee and industry

Job description
Cert Surg Tech Hr
SOC code
43-4161 — Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1588
Total hours worked
3483891
Establishment ID
1018038
Employer case #
2273

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
01MAR24:17:45:00

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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.