OSHA Injury Report: Selby General Hospital

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Making a splint for a patient.

What happened

The employee was assisting in fabricating a custom splint for a patient. In the process of cutting a piece of Velcro used in making the splint a pair of scissors slipped from her hand and hit the dorsal side of her left index finger resulting in a small cut to the finger. She notes that the material being used to make the splint had not yet reached the patient but that prior to that the same scissors were used to remove older splinting material that may have contained patient body fluid. No fluids were observed on the scissors but they believed it may have been contaminated. The employee refused medical evaluation in the ER but did agree to do exposure labs and wants to complete follow up labs in the six weeks three months and six months intervals.

Injury or illness

Cut to the left index finger.

Object or substance involved

Scissors

Summary line

Cut to the left Index Finger.

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.