East Chicago, IN · 2025-08-28

OSHA Injury Report: St. Catherine Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On 2025-08-28, an injury at St. Catherine Hospital in 4321 Fir St Ste 230, East Chicago, IN 46312 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was instrument Sterile Processing Tech in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

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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
Employees at this establishment (2025 average): 1,001
Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total): 1,654,575
Establishment ID: 1431408
Employer case #: 29

When (timing detail)

Date of incident: 2025-08-28
Time of incident: 11:10
Filing year: 2025
Submitted to OSHA: 2026-02-03

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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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