Covington, WA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Covington Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Covington Hospital in 17700 S.E. 272nd St., Covington, WA 98042 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was certified Surgical Techno in general Medical and Surgical Hospital.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Covington Hospital
- Parent company
- MultiCare Health System
- Street
- 17700 S.E. 272nd St.
- City
- Covington
- State
- WA
- ZIP
- 98042
- On-site location
- Covington Hospital COVMC Operating Room 100041498
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
I was removing the safety cover from the hypo with my right hand while holding the 10cc control syringe full of .25 Marcaine with [REDACTED] with my left hand getting ready to pass the local to Dr. I had a previous injury on my left wrist that caused a sharp shooting pain resulting me to move the syringe with the hypo abruptly and then I poke my right index finger on the tip just like if it was a blood glucose reading.
What happened
I was removing the safety cover from the hypo with my right hand while holding the 10cc control syringe full of .25 Marcaine with [REDACTED] with my left hand getting ready to pass the local to Dr. I had a previous injury on my left wrist that caused a sharp shooting pain resulting me to move the syringe with the hypo abruptly and then I poke my right index finger on the tip just like if it was a blood glucose reading.
Injury or illness
Puncture Wound
Object or substance involved
Needle
Summary line
Puncture Wound due to Needle Sharps Exp caused Puncture Wound
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Certified Surgical Techno
- SOC code
- 29-2055: Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110: General Medical and Surgical Hospital
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 367
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 567,644
- EIN
- 911352172
- Establishment ID
- 1064611
- Employer case #
- SX43102
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 10:45
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-10
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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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