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OSHA Injury Report: West Valley Medical Center

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at West Valley Medical Center in Caldwell, ID 83605 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was phleb in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
West Valley Medical Center
Parent company
West Valley Medical Center
Street
1717 Arlington Ave
City
Caldwell
State
ID
ZIP
83605
On-site location
Lab
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Drawing patient blood with butterfly needle

Upon completion of the draw patient jerked before the butterfly safety could be engaged. Employee tried to grab it and poked her left index finger with a contaminated needle.

Possible exposure with contaminated needle.

Contaminated butterfly needle

Contaminated needlestick - Butterfly needle slipped before safety engaged

Job description
Phleb
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
491
Total hours worked
657663
EIN
363525049
Establishment ID
927728
Employer case #
3219
Date of incident
Shift started
3:13
Time of incident
3:14
Filing year
2025
Submitted
25JAN26:05:44:00

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.