Waupaca, WI ·
OSHA Injury Report: ThedaCare Medical Center Waupaca
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at ThedaCare Medical Center Waupaca in 800 Riverside Drive, Waupaca, WI 54981 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Technologist in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- ThedaCare Medical Center Waupaca
- Parent company
- ThedaCare Inc
- Street
- 800 Riverside Drive
- City
- Waupaca
- State
- WI
- ZIP
- 54981
- On-site location
- Surgical Services
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Assisting surgeon in surgery. Had just retrieved the surgical specimen (lipoma) and glove was slightly greasy.
What happened
Surgeon requested blade following handing specimen off and [REDACTED] grabbed the handle and the blade slipped from her hand. She instinctively reached for the blade handle. The handle landed momentarily blade up between the table and the ring stand and as she instinctively when to reach for it her hand ran into the blade. When her hand it it it pierced her glove and broke the skin. Blade handle then dropped to the ground.
Injury or illness
Laceration to hand.
Object or substance involved
Surgical blade.
Summary line
Surgical blade cut employee 's hand.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Surgical Technologist
- SOC code
- 29-2055: Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 305
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 342,828
- EIN
- 391509362
- Establishment ID
- 1201920
- Employer case #
- d66395
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-31
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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, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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