Palmer, MA ·
OSHA Injury Report: BWH - Baystate Wing Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at BWH - Baystate Wing Hospital in 40 Wright Street, Palmer, MA 1069 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was new Grad Nurse Resident in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- BWH - Baystate Wing Hospital
- Parent company
- Baystate Health
- Street
- 40 Wright Street
- City
- Palmer
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 1069
- On-site location
- Emergency Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was administering [REDACTED] 100mg SQ injection.
What happened
Employee was administering Lovenox SQ Injection to a patient. Due to Lovenox not having a safety mechanism for the needle employee was attempting to recap the needle since there were no sharps container nearby and this patient was in a hall bed. The needle stuck through cap and stuck employee in right index finger through glove.
Injury or illness
BBSE Needlestick R Index Finger
Object or substance involved
Recapping Needle Stuck R Index Finger
Summary line
[REDACTED] [REDACTED]
Employee and industry
- Job description
- New Grad Nurse Resident
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 624
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 840,583
- EIN
- 222519813
- Establishment ID
- 492621
- Employer case #
- BWH-25-72
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 19:45
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-23
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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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