Bridgeport, CT ·
OSHA Injury Report: Bridgeport Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Bridgeport Hospital in 267 Grant Street, Bridgeport, CT 6610 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was physician in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Bridgeport Hospital
- Parent company
- Yale New Haven Health
- Street
- 267 Grant Street
- City
- Bridgeport
- State
- CT
- ZIP
- 6610
- On-site location
- BDBPHP BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL (267 GRANT ST BRIDGEPORT) Floor 3
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
I was trying to inject lidocaine into an infected wound on patient 's leg. The patient has autism and is nonverbal The mother nurses and Residents were holding the patient. Intranasal versed was administered and seemed to calm the child.
What happened
The child kicked very hard while I was administering the lidocaine bending the needle. The needle went into my nondominant hand - right ring finger
Injury or illness
Distal phalanx right ring finger. Small injection scratch on finger
Object or substance involved
28 gauge needle blood from patient
Summary line
Needlestick to right 4th finger from contaminated sq medication injection needle sustained when pediatric patient kicked same during injection of local anesthesia.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Physician
- SOC code
- 29-1229: Physicians, All Other
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 2,630
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 4,332,872
- EIN
- 060646554
- Establishment ID
- 122349
- Employer case #
- B61765201
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 16:00
- Time of incident
- 22:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-13
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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