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 certified Surgical First Assistant 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
- OR Room number 2
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
helping to clean up
What happened
Employee states that they were helping to clean up a room after surgery and brushed up against a trash bag. They got stuck by a carter-thomason suture passer sticking out of the trash that was not thrown in the sharps container
Injury or illness
Knee - Left: BBP - NEEDLESTICK SHARP
Object or substance involved
Carter-Thomason suture passer improperly discarded
Summary line
Needlestick- knee: [REDACTED]-[REDACTED] suture passer
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Certified Surgical First Assistant
- SOC code
- 29-9093: Surgical Assistants
- 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 #
- 8/29/2024
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 14:52
- 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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