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OSHA Injury Report: Westerly Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Westerly Hospital in Westerly, RI 2891 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was phlebotomist II in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
Westerly Hospital
Parent company
Yale New Haven Health
Street
25 Wells Street
City
Westerly
State
RI
ZIP
2891
On-site location
WESTERLY WESTERLY HOSPITAL MAIN CAMPUS(25 WELLS STREET) Floor 1
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

About to draw the patient 's blood. When I stuck the patient with the needle she jumped and leaned forward quickly. I tried to remove the needle so it would not hurt her and was stuck in the left pointer finger.

About to draw the patient 's blood. When I stuck the patient with the needle she jumped and leaned forward quickly. I tried to remove the needle so it would not hurt her and was stuck in the left pointer finger.

needle stick to pad of left pointer finger. needle stick to pad of left pointer finger

21 gauge straight needle

Needlestick to left pointer finger from patient movement.

Job description
Phlebotomist II
SOC code
31-9097 — Phlebotomists
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
596
Total hours worked
880575
EIN
460543230
Establishment ID
174913
Employer case #
W21753450
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00
Time of incident
13:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
13JAN26:18:56:00

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.