OSHA Injury Report: Apella - Spartanburg Medical Center AHM

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Checking patient 's blood sugar.

What happened

Nurse checked pt 's blood sugar and then drew up insulin into syringe to give two units to the pt. Nurse cleaned pt 's arm with alcohol swab told the patient they will start a countdown from 3 and then they will feel a stick in the back of their arm. The pt stated they were ready so the nurse began the countdown then stuck the needle into the pts arm. The pt jerked their arm away from the nurse and then immediately jerked their arm back toward the nurse which pushed the needle into the nurse 's finger. The nurse 's finger began to bleed.

Injury or illness

Contaminated needlestick L 3rd digit.

Object or substance involved

Contaminated insulin needle.

Summary line

Contaminated needlestick L 3rd digit.

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.