OSHA Injury Report: ST LUKES SACRED HEART HOSPITAL

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

ADMINISTERING INJECTIONS

What happened

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RESTRAIN A COMBATIVE PATIENT CHARGE NURSE GAVE THE PATIENT TWO INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTIONS OF IM [REDACTED] AND IM [REDACTED] WHILE HANDING OFF THE USED NEEDLES THE PATIENT WAS FLAILING HER LEGS AND BODY WHICH NUDGED THE CHARGE NURSES HAND WHICH THE NEEDLE PUNCTURED THE EMPLOYEES RIGHT INDEX FINGER PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT GLOVES WERE ON AND THE WOUND WAS IMMEDIATELY CLEANED WITH SOAP AND WATER AND ALCOHOL PAD THE NEEDLE INVOLVED WAS A BD SAFETY GLIDE TWENTY TWO GAUGE ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES CHARGE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SLIDE THE SAFETY TIP DEVICE WHEN SHE WAS BUMPED INTO PATIENT THE PATIENTS BODY

Injury or illness

SIGNIFICANT BLOOD BORNE PATHOGEN EXPOSURE NEEDLESTICK RIGHT INDEX FINGER

Object or substance involved

NEEDLESTICK

Summary line

SIGNIFICANT BLOOD BORNE PATHOGEN EXPOSURE NEEDLESTICK TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER WHILE ADMINISTERING INJECTION TO MOVING PATIENT

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.