Kansas City, MO —
OSHA Injury Report: Saint Luke's North Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Saint Luke's North Hospital in Kansas City, MO 64154 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was lead Ultrasound Technologist in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Saint Luke's North Hospital
- Parent company
- Saint Luke's Health System
- Street
- 5830 NW Barry Road
- City
- Kansas City
- State
- MO
- ZIP
- 64154
- On-site location
- Radiology
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was in interventional radiology room 8 preparing the room for a new procedure.
What happened
Employee had disposed of needle with syringe attached. IT was not fully in the sharps container. The employee jiggled the full handle used for disposing of sharps attempting to get the needle to go in further and the needle sprung out sticking the employee.
Injury or illness
Contaminated needlestick tot he left posterior forearm.
Object or substance involved
needle.
Summary line
Percutaneous Needlestick to L. forearm palced shardp in sharps box but it did not fall down into the box needle fell onto EE when EE attempted to push needle down.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Lead Ultrasound Technologist
- SOC code
- 29-2032 — Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 786
- Total hours worked
- 1158908
- EIN
- 440565393
- Establishment ID
- 89370
- Employer case #
- 23
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:12
- Time of incident
- 14:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 03FEB26:17:54:00
Source
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.