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 medical Assistant I Ambulatory 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
- Working Well
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Administering vaccination to patient
What happened
Employee sustained a contaminated needlestick to her left index finger after administering a vaccine to patient. Employee reported the safety on needle snapped off as she was trying to safely cover the needle and when it snapped off it stuck her in her left-hand pointer finger causing it to bleed.
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 administration of vaccine.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Medical Assistant I Ambulatory
- SOC code
- 31-9092 — Medical Assistants
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general pediatric
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 560
- Total hours worked
- 1148092
- EIN
- 300995182
- Establishment ID
- 925296
- Employer case #
- 2024-00057
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:45
- Time of incident
- 11:15
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 28JAN2025:15:03:00
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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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