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OSHA Injury Report: The Washington Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at The Washington Hospital in 155 Wilson Avenue, Washington, PA 15301 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was registered Nurse 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
Labor and Delivery room 1

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

EE administered IM injection to newborn following delivery EE attempted to activate safety device by flicking shut with right thumb but infant kicked leg causing the contaminated needle to graze past EE left thumb causing it to bleed

What happened

EE administered IM injection to newborn following delivery EE attempted to activate safety device by flicking shut with right thumb but infant kicked leg causing the contaminated needle to graze past EE left thumb causing it to bleed

Injury or illness

EE administered IM injection to newborn following delivery EE attempted to activate safety device by flicking shut with right thumb but infant kicked leg causing the contaminated needle to graze past EE left thumb causing it to bleed

Object or substance involved

EE administered IM injection to newborn following delivery EE attempted to activate safety device by flicking shut with right thumb but infant kicked leg causing the contaminated needle to graze past EE left thumb causing it to bleed

Summary line

EE administered IM injection to newborn following delivery EE attempted to activate safety device by flicking shut with right thumb but infant kicked leg causing the contaminated needle to graze past EE left thumb causing it to bleed

Employee and industry

Job description
Registered Nurse Hr
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1588
Total hours worked
3483891
Establishment ID
1018038
Employer case #
2224

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:53:00.000
Time of incident
13:15:00.000
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.