Duluth, MN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Aspirus St. Lukes Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Aspirus St. Lukes Hospital in 915 E 1st St, Duluth, MN 55805 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was security Officer in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Aspirus St. Lukes Hospital
- Parent company
- Aspirus
- Street
- 915 E 1st St
- City
- Duluth
- State
- MN
- ZIP
- 55805
- On-site location
- Patient room on 7W
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Patient bag search
What happened
employee was searching a patient bag upon finding a needled syringe around 22 gauge I uncapped it to identify whether it was a used waste product or a future use syringe. I found blood on it and before putting it to the side of the search I decided to recap it. while recapping it the needle bent and punched through the side. with help from nursing staff we searched for but could not find any puncture hole in the glove or blood on the skin
Injury or illness
left finger punctured with dirty needle
Object or substance involved
Hollow-bore Needle
Summary line
Employee was conducting a search in patient 's bag when a needled syringe was found during attempt to re-cap a pucture with the blood contaminated needle occurred to employee 's left finger.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Security Officer
- SOC code
- 33-9032: Security Guards
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 2,112
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 2,425,208
- EIN
- 410714079
- Establishment ID
- 1443375
- Employer case #
- EH55278
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 05:22
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-30
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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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