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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 registered Nurse Level BSN 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)

GRABBING SUPPLIES FOR CHEMO PATIENT

CHEMO PPE WAS NEEDED TO CARE FOR A PATIENT IN THE PACU. THE YELLOW CHEMO PPE SUPPLY BUCKETS WERE DIRTY WITH USED SUPPLIES FROM PRIOR PATIENTS. I PICKED UP BUCKET AND SUPPLIES NOT KNOWING THEY WERE DIRTY DUE TO HAVING NO EXPERIENCE CARING FOR CHEMO PATIENTS OR USING CHEMO PPE.

EXPOSURE OF HANDS TO CHEMOTHERAPY DRUG

CHEMOTHERAPY DRUGS

CHEMO PPE WAS NEEDED TO CARE FOR A PATIENT IN THE PACU. THE YELLOW CHEMO PPE SUPPLY BUCKETS WERE DIRTY WITH USED SUPPLIES FROM PRIOR PATIENTS. I PICKED UP BUCKET AND SUPPLIES NOT KNOWING THEY WERE DIRTY.

Job description
Registered Nurse Level BSN
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1281
Total hours worked
2149568
Establishment ID
954129
Employer case #
2025-0079
Date of incident
Shift started
8:00
Time of incident
9:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
09FEB26:19:55:00

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.