Munster, IN —
OSHA Injury Report: Franciscan Health Munster
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Franciscan Health Munster in 701 Superior Avenue, Munster, IN 46321 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was registered Nurse in hospitals, general pediatric.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Franciscan Health Munster
- Parent company
- Franciscan Alliance
- Street
- 701 Superior Avenue
- City
- Munster
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 46321
- On-site location
- 2N Med/Surg
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Administering medications to patients
What happened
Employee reports she inadvertently stuck herself with a contaminated insulin needle after administration of medication to patient. Employee states she was holding patient 's skin with left hand and administered insulin with right hand. As she was pulling needle out from patient she accidentally stuck her left index finger.
Injury or illness
Contact with contaminated hypodermic needle Contact with and exposure to potentially hazardous body fluids
Object or substance involved
Contaminated needle
Summary line
Contaminated needlestick to left index finger after administering insulin to patient.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Registered Nurse
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general pediatric
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 560
- Total hours worked
- 1148092
- EIN
- 300995182
- Establishment ID
- 925296
- Employer case #
- 2024-00039
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 8:22
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 27JAN2025:18:23:00
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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