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 Charge Nurse 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
Administering medication to patient
What happened
Sliding scale insulin and Lantus administered to pt in back of right arm. Sliding scale insulin given first plunger fully depressed and needle retraction click felt. Lantus was given next. Again plunger fully depressed and needle retraction click. Syringes were being placed in sharps bin when one syringe was caught on the edge (probably d t needle) and stuck this RN in the right palm. Syringe was inspected and found to have needle not retracted at all. Charge RN notified.
Injury or illness
Hand - Right- Exposure To Body Fluids
Object or substance involved
contaminated needle
Summary line
Stuck with contaminated needle- contaminated needle
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN Charge Nurse
- 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
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 21:45
- 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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