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OSHA Injury Report: Merrill Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Merrill Hospital in Merrill, WI 54452 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was laboratory Assistant in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Merrill Hospital
Parent company
Aspirus
Street
601 S Center Ave
City
Merrill
State
WI
ZIP
54452
On-site location
Aspirus Merrill Hospital - Urgent Care
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Phlebotomy

I was collecting a full rainbow and while placing the safety on the needle the safety cap fell to the floor and my thumb was pressed into the needle.

Right thumb punctured with dirty needle

dirty straight needle

Employee got poked in right thumb with dirty needle after a blood draw while trying to activate the safety device that failed.

Job description
Laboratory Assistant
SOC code
29-2012 — Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
175
Total hours worked
241516
EIN
391627755
Establishment ID
1437807
Employer case #
EH54838
Date of incident
Shift started
8:30
Time of incident
10:05
Filing year
2025
Submitted
27JAN26:19:16:00

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.