Merrill, WI —
OSHA Injury Report: Merrill Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
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.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Phlebotomy
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Right thumb punctured with dirty needle
Object or substance involved
dirty straight needle
Summary line
Employee got poked in right thumb with dirty needle after a blood draw while trying to activate the safety device that failed.
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:30
- Time of incident
- 10:05
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27JAN26:19:16:00
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.