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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 registered Nurse Ed 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 WESTERLY HOSPITAL MAIN CAMPUS(25 WELLS STREET) Floor 1
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Had just given an IM injection in the right deltoid to a patient who was on the bathroom floor as I was pulling out needle and engaging the safety cover got stuck on the tip of right middle finger

as [REDACTED] was pulled from arm I was against a wall with patient on other side of me and security - 2 security officers over him as I went to engage safety cover I got stuck on the tip of my right middle digit

right tip of middle right finger. bleeding

needle stick

Needlestick to right middle finger after giving an IM injection.

Job description
Registered Nurse Ed
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
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 #
W31754772
Date of incident
Shift started
9:00
Time of incident
18:50
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.