Chardon, OH ·
OSHA Injury Report: Geauga Medical Center
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Geauga Medical Center in 13207 Ravenna Road, Chardon, OH 44129 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was medical Assistant II in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Geauga Medical Center
- Parent company
- University Hospitals
- Street
- 13207 Ravenna Road
- City
- Chardon
- State
- OH
- ZIP
- 44129
- On-site location
- PATIENT CARE AREA
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
DISPOSING OF SCALPEL IN SHARPS CONTAINER
What happened
FINISHED REMOVING A CYST ON A PATIENT. I WAS GOING TO THROW OUT THE SCALPEL IN THE SHARPS CONTAINER BUT IT WAS FULL SO I WENT TO ANOTHER ROOM TO DISCARD THE SCALPEL AND GOT POKED IN MY RIGHT PALM HAND.
Injury or illness
SCALPEL POKE LEFT PALM
Object or substance involved
SCALPEL
Summary line
FINISHED REMOVING A CYST ON A PATIENT. I WAS GOING TO THROW OUT THE SCALPEL IN THE SHARPS CONTAINER BUT IT WAS FULL SO I WENT TO ANOTHER ROOM TO DISCARD THE SCALPEL AND GOT POKED IN MY RIGHT PALM HAND.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Medical Assistant II
- SOC code
- 31-9092: Medical Assistants
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 1,095
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 1,772,992
- EIN
- 340816492
- Establishment ID
- 205331
- Employer case #
- 2025-0802
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 15:50
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-09
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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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