Lebanon, NH ·
OSHA Injury Report: Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center MHMH
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center MHMH in 1 Medical Center Dr., Lebanon, NH 3756 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sterile Processing Team Lead in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center MHMH
- Parent company
- Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital
- Street
- 1 Medical Center Dr.
- City
- Lebanon
- State
- NH
- ZIP
- 3756
- On-site location
- Central Sterile Reprocessing Unsure what building CSR is in happened in decontam
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- -9999
- Days restricted or transferred
- -9999
Before the incident
Decontamination cleaning
What happened
I was cleaning an instrument with blue dye dried on to it I was wearing proper PPE and even glasses I normally will take my chin to my chest to create a barrier for no hazardous materials to get under and failed to do so this time resulting in powder paste instrument polish to get into my left eye After incident occurred I read the bottle and followed proper protocol flushed out my eyes at an eye wash station and flushed with saline After 10 15 minutes left eye was still burning so I went up to Triage at the Emergency department to be seen
Injury or illness
Exposure to Other Harmful Substances please specify Irritation Left Eye
Object or substance involved
Sklar instrument polish
Summary line
Exposure to Other Harmful Substances please specify Irritation Left Eye
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Sterile Processing Team Lead
- SOC code
- 31-9093: Medical Equipment Preparers
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 5,618
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 9,923,441
- EIN
- 020222140
- Establishment ID
- 1355553
- Employer case #
- 264912
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00
- Time of incident
- 22:00
- 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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