Poughkeepsie, NY —
OSHA Injury Report: Vassar Brothers Medical Center
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was nurse Non Exempt in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Vassar Brothers Medical Center
- Street
- 45 Reade Place
- City
- Poughkeepsie
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 12601
- On-site location
- 7N
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Giving a heparin subcutaneous injection to a patient
What happened
Contaminated needlestick to left thumb secondary to a slip of hand when attempting to engage the safety after injecting patient.
Injury or illness
BBF Needlestick Finger Thumb Left
Object or substance involved
Contaminated sub q needle
Summary line
Contaminated needlestick to left thumb secondary to a slip of hand when attempting to engage the safety after injecting patient.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Nurse Non Exempt
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 3073
- Total hours worked
- 4417110
- Establishment ID
- 1440976
- Employer case #
- S20251350
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 12:31
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 26JAN26:18:20:00
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.