East Chicago, IN —
OSHA Injury Report: St. Catherine Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago, IN 46312 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was instrument Sterile Processing Tech in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- St. Catherine Hospital
- Parent company
- POWERS HEALTH ST. CATHERINE HOSPITAL EMP
- Street
- 4321 Fir St Ste 230
- City
- East Chicago
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 46312
- On-site location
- Decontamination Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Cleaning towel clips
What happened
Sharp towel clip punctured her gloved hand while transferring towel clip from the cleaning solution to rinsing sink.
Injury or illness
Puncture to left middle finger with possible exposure to blood or body fluids
Object or substance involved
sharp towel clip which had blood on it before rinsed
Summary line
Puncture left middle finger from blood contaminated surgical towel clip
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Instrument Sterile Processing Tech
- SOC code
- 31-9093 — Medical Equipment Preparers
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 1001
- Total hours worked
- 1654575
- Establishment ID
- 1431408
- Employer case #
- 29
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 11:10
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 03FEB26:20:43:00
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.