Portland, ME —
OSHA Injury Report: Northern Light Mercy Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Northern Light Mercy Hospital in Portland, ME 4102 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sterile processing tech in hospitals, general pediatric.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Northern Light Mercy Hospital
- Parent company
- Mercy Hospital
- Street
- 175 Fore River Parkway
- City
- Portland
- State
- ME
- ZIP
- 4102
- On-site location
- Sterile processing area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Cleaning instruments
What happened
Washing instruments in decon area. Hands were submerged in sink accidently punctured herself with dirty skin hook; left hand
Injury or illness
Puncture
Object or substance involved
Dirty skin hook; inability to see what was in the washing area;
Summary line
Puncture; left hand skin hook was submerged in washing area
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Sterile processing tech
- SOC code
- 31-9093 — Medical Equipment Preparers
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general pediatric
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 924
- Total hours worked
- 1185654
- Establishment ID
- 1446699
- Employer case #
- 35
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:09
- Time of incident
- 11:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 29JAN26:13:23:00
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.