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 OB Surgical Technologist 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
Operating room morning checks
What happened
I checked FBC OR 's during morning rounds I was then walking through the staff lounge when I felt something sharp at the side of my foot. I found a used suture needle on the ground which had pierced the skin on my foot. I brought it to the charge nurse who was headed to rounds. She told me to write a safe to share and email HR
Injury or illness
Foot - Left- Puncture
Object or substance involved
Suture needle
Summary line
Puncture to left foot from used suture needle on the ground- Suture needle
Employee and industry
- Job description
- OB Surgical Technologist
- SOC code
- 29-2055: Surgical Technologists
- 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 #
- 2025-0079
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 08:30
- 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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