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OSHA Injury Report: Aspirus Wausau Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Aspirus Wausau Hospital in Wausau, WI 54401 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Technologist in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
Aspirus Wausau Hospital
Parent company
Aspirus
Street
333 Pine Ridge Boulevard, Wausau, WI, USA
City
Wausau
State
WI
ZIP
54401
On-site location
Operating Room
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Surgical procedure

Was recapping the dirty needle which was used for injecting local anesthetic and the dirty needle poked thru the cap and into my left index finger.

Dirty needlestick puncture to left index finger

Dirty hypodermic needle

Dirty needlestick puncture to left index finger from dirty injection needle

Job description
Surgical Technologist
SOC code
29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
2978
Total hours worked
4600055
EIN
391138241
Establishment ID
893971
Employer case #
55326
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
8:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
06FEB26:15:42:00

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.