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 registered Nurse II 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
- treatment room 19 in emergency room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Administering IV
What happened
Employee reports placing an IV in a patient who was of altered mental status and combative. Before retracting the patient moved causing it to come out and puncture employee 's left index finger before employee could activate the needle retraction mechanism
Injury or illness
Finger(s) - Left: BBP - NEEDLESTICK SHARP
Object or substance involved
contaminated needle
Summary line
Needlestick injurry left index finger: contaminated needle
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Registered Nurse II
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- 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 #
- 9/17/2024
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 08:40
- 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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