Charleston, WV —
OSHA Injury Report: Women & Children's Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Women & Children's Hospital in Charleston, WV 25302 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sterile Processing in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Women & Children's Hospital
- Parent company
- Charleston Area Medical Center - Women & Children's Hospital
- Street
- 800 Pennsylvania Avenue
- City
- Charleston
- State
- WV
- ZIP
- 25302
- On-site location
- WCH
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Handling sharps.
What happened
Prepping laparoscopic tray for cleaning in decontam 4th finger on right hand got caught on a tenaculum and punctured through the glove into finger. Tenaculum was covered in blood. Finger accidentally caught on sharp instrument that pierced through glove straight into finger
Injury or illness
BBF exposure contaminated sharp to right fourth digit by surgical instrument.
Object or substance involved
Surgical instrument.
Summary line
BBF exposure contaminated sharp to right fourth digit by surgical instrument.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Sterile Processing
- SOC code
- 31-9093 — Medical Equipment Preparers
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 821
- Total hours worked
- 1306387
- Establishment ID
- 1449787
- Employer case #
- 2025-0053
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:45
- Time of incident
- 16:45
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 30JAN26:17:54:00
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.