Ellsworth, ME —
OSHA Injury Report: Northern Light Health Maine Coast Hospital
Other illness · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an other illness at Northern Light Health Maine Coast Hospital in Ellsworth, ME 4605 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rN in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Northern Light Health Maine Coast Hospital
- Parent company
- Northern Light Health Maine Coast Hospital
- Street
- 50 Union Street
- City
- Ellsworth
- State
- ME
- ZIP
- 4605
- On-site location
- Patient Care Area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Other illness (code 6)
Before the incident
Patient care - administering medication to patient.
What happened
Administering medication subcutaneously in patient 's abdomen attempted to activate the needle cover mechanism with right hand fingers slipped and the needle penetrated gloved right hand.
Injury or illness
Needle stick.
Object or substance involved
Prefilled syringe - 27 gauge 1 2 needle.
Summary line
Needle stick
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 657
- Total hours worked
- 834298
- Establishment ID
- 1279732
- Employer case #
- 18
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:47
- Time of incident
- 10:35
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 10FEB2025:17:45:00
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.