Wheeling, WV ·
OSHA Injury Report: WH
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at WH in 1 Medical Park Drive, Wheeling, WV 26003 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was RN III in healthcare.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- WH
- Parent company
- WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital
- Street
- 1 Medical Park Drive
- City
- Wheeling
- State
- WV
- ZIP
- 26003
- On-site location
- OSHA Wheeling Hospital (WH) > Nursing Medical Surgical 5 East
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
nurse had administered insulin with sliding safety cover over top of needle and putting into sharps container
What happened
safety cover caught lip of sharps and stick to right thumb
Injury or illness
Needlestick sharps Finger Thumb - Right Palmar (Palm Side) by needle
Object or substance involved
needle
Summary line
Needlestick sharps Finger Thumb - Right Palmar (Palm Side) by needle
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN III
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: Healthcare
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 2,451
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 3,925,304
- EIN
- 550357057
- Establishment ID
- 1130626
- Employer case #
- 2024-4900
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 21:00
- Time of incident
- 21:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-13
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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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