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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 rN 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
Med/Surg
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Giving an insulin shot to a patient.

She had seated the patient next to her bed and then tried to get behind the patient to give the injection in the back of her arm. She lost her balance and poked herself before she could initiate the safety mechanism.

Contaminated needlestick

insulin needle

Contaminated needlestick with insulin needle before engaging safety

Job description
RN
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
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 #
3329
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
9:22
Filing year
2025
Submitted
25JAN26:06:07:00

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.