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OSHA Injury Report: Aspirus St. Lukes Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Aspirus St. Lukes Hospital in Duluth, MN 55805 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was phlebotomist II in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
Aspirus St. Lukes Hospital
Parent company
Aspirus
Street
915 E 1st St
City
Duluth
State
MN
ZIP
55805
On-site location
Emergency Department
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Phlebotomy

As I was performing phlebotomy the patient flung her arm up. The butterfly needle came out of her arm and landed on my wrist. Puncturing my skin along the way.

left wrist punctured with dirty butterfly needle

23 gauge butterfly needle

preforming phlebotomy patient flung arm up causing butterfly needle to puncture left wrist

Job description
Phlebotomist II
SOC code
31-9097 — Phlebotomists
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
2112
Total hours worked
2425208
EIN
410714079
Establishment ID
1443375
Employer case #
EH54167
Date of incident
Shift started
9:00
Time of incident
17:54
Filing year
2025
Submitted
30JAN26:19:03:00

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.