2,042,423Injury reports 130,778Establishments Most recent incident 2025-12-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

OSHA Injury Report: Samaritan Medical Center

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown, NY 13601 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was lab Tech in hospital.

Establishment
Samaritan Medical Center
Parent company
Samaritan Medical Center
Street
830 Washington St
City
Watertown
State
NY
ZIP
13601
On-site location
Lab
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Drawing blood

Turned butterfly needle away from patient to prevent blood splatter from getting on patient and poked the back of my right hand.

Needlestick Butterfly

Butterfly Needle

Needlestick Butterfly

Job description
Lab Tech
SOC code
29-2012 — Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
NAICS code
622110 — Hospital
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1946
Total hours worked
1103367
EIN
150533577
Establishment ID
136054
Employer case #
48
Date of incident
Shift started
8:30
Time of incident
14:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
29JAN26:20:28:00

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.