Decatur, IN —
OSHA Injury Report: Adams Memorial Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Adams Memorial Hospital in Decatur, IN 46733 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Technologist in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Adams Memorial Hospital
- Parent company
- Adams County Memorial Hospital
- Street
- 1100 Mercer Ave
- City
- Decatur
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 46733
- On-site location
- AMH Operating room 3
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Assisting the attending surgeon with a surgery case.
What happened
While the attending surgeon had a suture in place the employee attempted to retract some of the patient 's tissue while the needle was concealed with blood and stuck themselves on the distal right pointer finger. Afterwards employee removed themselves from the operating room while applying pressure on the injury site and cleaned it with a chlorhexidine scrub and alcohol.
Injury or illness
needlestick
Object or substance involved
vicryl needle
Summary line
needle stick
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Surgical Technologist
- SOC code
- 29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 781
- Total hours worked
- 1195002
- EIN
- 351470257
- Establishment ID
- 654752
- Employer case #
- 38437
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30
- Time of incident
- 14:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 18FEB2025:17:43:00
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.