OSHA Injury Report: Tacoma General Hospital

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

RN was attempting to place an ultrasound guided IV After IV placement RN picked up a used [REDACTED] to discard in sharps container RN felt a sharp pain in her right hand and saw that the needle guardsafety had fallen off the [REDACTED] RN washed hands several times and notified the charge RN Needle stick doright hand during patient care

What happened

RN was attempting to place an ultrasound guided IV After IV placement RN picked up a used [REDACTED] to discard in sharps container RN felt a sharp pain in her right hand and saw that the needle guardsafety had fallen off the [REDACTED] RN washed hands several times and notified the charge RN Needle stick doright hand during patient care

Injury or illness

Puncture Wound

Object or substance involved

Needle

Summary line

Puncture Wound due to Needle Sharps Exp caused Puncture Wound

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.