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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 robotics Coordinator 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
25WELLS MAIN BUILDING Floor 1
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Surgeon asked me to reload the needle for him and when he quickly asked for it back I stuck myself.

I was reloading the needle onto the needle driver and when I went to hand it to him I accidently stuck myself.

left index finger.. stick from needle pain went away almost immediately. no visible [REDACTED] from the needle.

Needle Driver and 3-0 Vicryl SH.

[REDACTED] from a needle driver while assisting surgeon in the OR.

Job description
Robotics Coordinator
SOC code
43-9199 — Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
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 #
W61753264
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
9:30
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.