Covington, WA —
OSHA Injury Report: Covington Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Covington Hospital in 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
- Avg employees
- 367
- Total hours worked
- 567644
- EIN
- 911352172
- Establishment ID
- 1064611
- Employer case #
- SX43102
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30
- Time of incident
- 10:45
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 10FEB2025:23:30:00
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.