Bellingham, WA ·
OSHA Injury Report: St. Joseph Medical Center Main Campus
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at St. Joseph Medical Center Main Campus in 2901 Squalicum Pkwy, Bellingham, WA 98225 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Technologist in healthcare.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- St. Joseph Medical Center Main Campus
- Parent company
- PeaceHealth
- Street
- 2901 Squalicum Pkwy
- City
- Bellingham
- State
- WA
- ZIP
- 98225
- On-site location
- St. Joseph Medical Center
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
scrubbed into procedure
What happened
Surgeon was passing back used suture needle clamped in needle driver after tagging tissue on patient. Needle wasn 't fully guarded and my hand slipped due to bodily fluids slippery tissue on gloves. point of needle punctured base of index finger on right hand. No serious injury. I passed the needle driver and suture off the field and changed both under glove and top glove on my right hand to continue the procedure. Once surgery was completed I doffed washed my hands and went to my [REDACTED].
Injury or illness
Hand - Right- Puncture
Object or substance involved
n a
Summary line
Surgeon passed suture needle to me poking finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Surgical Technologist
- SOC code
- 29-2055: Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110: Healthcare
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 2,470
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 3,442,459
- EIN
- 910939479
- Establishment ID
- 934879
- Employer case #
- 2025-0077
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:45
- Time of incident
- 08:59
- 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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