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OSHA Injury Report: Nashoba Valley Medical Center

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Nashoba Valley Medical Center in 200 Groton Rd, Ayer, MA 01432 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was phlebotomist in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Nashoba Valley Medical Center
Parent company
Steward Health Care
Street
200 Groton Rd
City
Ayer
State
MA
ZIP
01432
On-site location
Medical office

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Drawing blood from a patient

What happened

The needle slipped as the employee was withdrawing it from the patient and punctured her right thumb

Injury or illness

Right thumb needlestick

Object or substance involved

Contaminated needle

Summary line

Contaminated needlestick

Employee and industry

Job description
Phlebotomist
SOC code
31-9097 — Phlebotomists
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
520
Total hours worked
821638
EIN
274157855
Establishment ID
659509
Employer case #
10270

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:30:00.000
Time of incident
14:40:00.000
Submitted
29JAN24:13:49:00

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Source

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