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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
BHU
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Educating patient on how to give themself an insulin injection.

When the patient completed their insulin self-injection she handed the syringe back to the RN needle first and poked the RN in Right Thumb with a contaminated needle.

Possible bloodborne exposure

contaminated insulin syringe

Contaminated needlestick d t patient handing sharps back after giving herself insulin.

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 #
3337
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
8:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
25JAN26:06:14:00

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.