OSHA Injury Report: Charleston Area Medical Center General Division

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

assisting with cerebral angiogram

What happened

While on call working at CAMC General in [REDACTED] I had just finished assisting Dr. with a cerebral angiogram. I was taking the table down and getting ready to dispose of my sharps box on the back procedure table. The access needle which was used had not been completely placed in the sharps box and I was worried it may fall out and onto the floor as I was moving the sharps box to the sharps disposal container. To prevent that from happening I attempted to fix the needle into the foam insert and in doing so accidentally stuck myself in the left thumb. I was wearing the surgical gloves I had worn during the procedure which had blood on them which could have been transferred through to the skin or into the puncture site via the needle.

Injury or illness

stuck with dirty access needle BBF exposure

Object or substance involved

dirty needle

Summary line

access needle stick to left first digit BBF exposure

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.