Sedro-Woolley, WA ·
OSHA Injury Report: United General Medical Center
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at United General Medical Center in 2000 Hospital Drive, Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was RN Inpatient in healthcare.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- United General Medical Center
- Parent company
- PeaceHealth
- Street
- 2000 Hospital Drive
- City
- Sedro-Woolley
- State
- WA
- ZIP
- 98284
- On-site location
- United General Medical Center
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
drawing labs
What happened
Following routine blood draw for ordered labs this RN was clearing the procedure area when the butterfly (model without auto retract) fell from the right hand. This RN instinctively caught the device with his left hand and in so doing closed his fist driving the already contaminated needle into the palm of his hand in the area below the thumb. The needle was immediately removed and the wound was cleansed flushed with water and cleansed with alcohol based cleanser. The injury was then reported to the unit and house supervisors.
Injury or illness
Finger(s)- Exposure To Body Fluids
Object or substance involved
n a
Summary line
Butterfly needle started to fall poking finger after drawing labs-
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN Inpatient
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: Healthcare
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 392
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 490,367
- EIN
- 910939479
- Establishment ID
- 934895
- Employer case #
- 2025-0080
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:45
- Time of incident
- 04:50
- 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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