OSHA Injury Report: Bridgeport Hospital

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

I was transferring urine for a urinalysis from the larger blue topped urine collection container to a sample test tube inside a patient 's room 43A. The patient did not see the incident. I realized I punctured myself and immediately left the room and noticed blood had spurted on my remote workstation and was dripping down my right arm. I promptly went to the staff sink to wash my hand with warm soapy water and was assisted by [REDACTED] who retrieved gauze bandaid and bleach wipes to clean my remote workstation.

What happened

I was applying pressure on top of removing a lab collection tube that was punctured with a needle on a blue topped urine specimen collection cup. The sample tube slipped when I was removing it and my right pointer finger slid down the specimen tube and pressed onto the exposed urine transfer needle.

Injury or illness

right fintertip. None pain and bruising at puncture site

Object or substance involved

Blue topped urine collection container needle remote workstation no other chemicals

Summary line

Needlestick to right index finger from contaminated urine vacutainer device sustained while employee was transferring heme positive urine from specimen cup to test tube.

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.