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OSHA Injury Report: Lake Health West

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Lake Health West in Willoughby, OH 44094 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Assistant in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Lake Health West
Parent company
University Hospitals
Street
36000 Euclid Ave
City
Willoughby
State
OH
ZIP
44094
On-site location
PATIENT CARE AREA
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

ASSISTING WITH SURGERY

WHILE ASSISTING IN SURGERY I WAS STUCK WITH A SUTURE NEEDLE IN THE LEFT MIDDLE FINGERTIP.

NEEDLESTICK LEFT MIDDLE FINGER

NEEDLE

WHILE ASSISTING IN SURGERY I WAS STUCK WITH A SUTURE NEEDLE IN THE LEFT MIDDLE FINGERTIP.

Job description
Surgical Assistant
SOC code
29-9093 — Surgical Assistants
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1281
Total hours worked
2149568
Establishment ID
954129
Employer case #
2025-0042
Date of incident
Shift started
16:00
Time of incident
20:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
09FEB26:18:47:00

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.