Vancouver, WA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Southwest Medical Center Main Campus
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Southwest Medical Center Main Campus in 400 NE Mother Joseph Place, Vancouver, WA 98664 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was RN Inpatient wknd in healthcare.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Southwest Medical Center Main Campus
- Parent company
- PeaceHealth
- Street
- 400 NE Mother Joseph Place
- City
- Vancouver
- State
- WA
- ZIP
- 98664
- On-site location
- Southwest Medical Center
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Emptying garbages
What happened
I was helping out EVS by emptying the garbage in the unit. When I went to empty the garbage by the pyxis i was stabbed in the abdomen by what turned out to be a needle that was wrapped in used sterile gloves in the garbage. I immediately notified house supervisor dayshift charge to figure out who did a procedure in the unit and the nurse that took care of the patients. Patient was narrowed down using the size of sterile gloves. I informed EVS for PACU Same Day and she said that this would have been the 4th time she would have been stuck by a needle in the garbage. PH policy is that syringes and needles are to be disposed in the sharps container but anesthesia does not follow this policy.
Injury or illness
Abdomen - Right- Puncture
Object or substance involved
contaminated needle
Summary line
Stuck with contaminated needle- contaminated needle
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN Inpatient WKND
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: Healthcare
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 3,142
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 4,519,898
- EIN
- 910939479
- Establishment ID
- 933403
- Employer case #
- 2025-0077
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 19:55
- 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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