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OSHA Injury Report: Defiance Regional Medical Center

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Defiance Regional Medical Center in Defiance, OH 43512 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sonographerRegDRHN in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.

Establishment
Defiance Regional Medical Center
Parent company
ProMedica
Street
1200 Ralston Ave.
City
Defiance
State
OH
ZIP
43512
On-site location
Radiology - Ultrasound - 7343
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Just finished a procedure

I was cleaning up after a paracentesis and I went to pick up a single piece of gauze in the instrument tray. There was a used needle under the gauze and I was stuck in the right thumb area.

Puncture

needlestick

PunctureThumb - RightEmployee was picking up gauze off an instrument tray and accidently poked themselves.

Job description
SonographerRegDRHN
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
622110 — General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
385
Total hours worked
419257
EIN
344446484
Establishment ID
1155023
Employer case #
346272
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
12:10
Filing year
2024
Submitted
24FEB2025:13:58:00

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.