Wolfeboro, NH ·
OSHA Injury Report: Huggins Hospital
Other illness · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an other illness at Huggins Hospital in 240 S. Main Street, Wolfeboro, NH 3894 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Technologist in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Huggins Hospital
- Parent company
- Huggins Hospital
- Street
- 240 S. Main Street
- City
- Wolfeboro
- State
- NH
- ZIP
- 3894
- On-site location
- OR Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Other illness (code 6)
Before the incident
They were assisting with a colonoscopy.
What happened
They were assisting with a colonoscopy and had placed a patient specimen into a formalin container. When they went to screw the cap on the container flipped and formalin and other potentially infectious material got into their left eye.
Injury or illness
Formalin and other potentially infectious material into left eye.
Object or substance involved
Formalin and other potentially infectious material
Summary line
[REDACTED] and other potentially infectious material into left eye
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Surgical Technologist
- SOC code
- 29-2055: Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 538
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 917,446
- EIN
- 020223332
- Establishment ID
- 1112866
- Employer case #
- 80
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 10:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-28
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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