Chambersburg, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital in 112 N 7th Street, Chambersburg, PA 17201 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sterile Processing Technician in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital
- Parent company
- WellSpan Health
- Street
- 112 N 7th Street
- City
- Chambersburg
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 17201
- On-site location
- Sterile Processing Decontamination Area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Cleaning instruments
What happened
Employee states I was cleaning a soiled instrument set in the decontamination area and got stuck in the right thumb with a perforated towel clamp. All of the tools were in the same container and when I reached in to start cleaning tools I stuck myself in the right thumb. All of the tools were mixed
Injury or illness
Finger(s) - Right: BBP - NEEDLESTICK SHARP
Object or substance involved
Soiled perforated towel clamp
Summary line
Laceration - Right thumb: Soiled perforated towel
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Sterile Processing Technician
- SOC code
- 31-9093: Medical Equipment Preparers
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 2,058
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 2,690,003
- EIN
- 230465970
- Establishment ID
- 688432
- Employer case #
- 7/8/2024
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 09:45
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-11
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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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