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OSHA Injury Report: Community Howard Regional Health main hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Community Howard Regional Health main hospital in Kokomo, IN 46902 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was interv Rad Tech CV Proced Lab in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
Community Howard Regional Health main hospital
Parent company
Community Howard Regional Health
Street
3500 S Lafountain Stret
City
Kokomo
State
IN
ZIP
46902
On-site location
170 - Howard Regional Health
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Assisting the physician with venous access on a patient.

Physician had used the micropuncture needle kit to obtain venous access on a patient and the EE stuck her right thumb with the needle when picking it up to dispose of it.

Finger(s) - Right: Bodily Fluid Exposure

Disposing of contaminated micropuncture needle

BBF exposure needlestick to right thumb: Disposing of contaminated micropuncture needle

Job description
Interv Rad Tech CV Proced Lab
SOC code
29-2012 — Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
642
Total hours worked
1007972
EIN
351865344
Establishment ID
261886
Employer case #
2025-0100
Date of incident
Shift started
8:00
Time of incident
8:51
Filing year
2025
Submitted
21JAN26:17:38:00

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.