Rock Springs, WY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County
Other illness · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an other illness at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County in 1200 College Dr, Rock Springs, WY 82901 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was medical Lab Tech in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County
- Parent company
- Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County
- Street
- 1200 College Dr
- City
- Rock Springs
- State
- WY
- ZIP
- 82901
- On-site location
- Laboratory
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Other illness (code 6)
Before the incident
Helping draw blood from a difficult patient. Using a 23 g butterfly needle. I was using the opposite hand that I normally use because of patient and my positioning and body mechanics.
What happened
I was going to pull the safety device on the needle and ended up sticking myself.
Injury or illness
Needlestick
Object or substance involved
23 g needle
Summary line
Needlestick
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Medical Lab Tech
- SOC code
- 29-2012: Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 608
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 997,774
- Establishment ID
- 1273894
- Employer case #
- 25
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 13:40
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-22
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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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