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OSHA Injury Report: St. Joseph Medical Center Main Campus

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at St. Joseph Medical Center Main Campus in Bellingham, WA 98225 resulted in days away from work. Employee was rN Inpatient in healthcare.

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
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
10

washing hands

I accidentally smacked my left hand into the wall while trying to grab a paper towel. I was discharging a patient from PACU Ba y1. Patient was in the wheelchair and I thought he was starting to spill his Jello. I went to quickly reach for a paper towel and accidentally wacked the wall with my left hand thumb. It is now difficult to use my left thumb especially difficult to grip anything.

Finger(s)- Bruise Contusion

n a

While reaching for paper towel hand hit wall injuring thumb-

Job description
RN Inpatient
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — Healthcare
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
2470
Total hours worked
3442459
EIN
910939479
Establishment ID
934879
Employer case #
2025-0079
Date of incident
Shift started
5:30
Time of incident
11:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
30JAN26:23:53:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.