Westlake, OH ·
OSHA Injury Report: St. John Medical Center
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at St. John Medical Center in 29000 Center Ridge Road, Westlake, OH 44805 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was registered Nurse Level BSN in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- St. John Medical Center
- Parent company
- University Hospitals
- Street
- 29000 Center Ridge Road
- City
- Westlake
- State
- OH
- ZIP
- 44805
- On-site location
- PATIENT CARE AREA
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
ADMINISTERING INJECTION TO PATIENT
What happened
I WAS GIVING THE PATIENT AN INJECTION AND WHEN I POKED HER SKIN SHE SCREAMED OUT AND FLAILED HER ARMS UP AND HIT ME. AT THE TIME I WAS STILL ADMINISTERING THE INJECTION AND THEN HER HAND HIT ME AND THE NEEDLE WENT INTO MY RIGHT OUTER THUMB.
Injury or illness
NEEDLESTICK RIGHT THUMB
Object or substance involved
NEEDLE
Summary line
I WAS GIVING THE PATIENT AN INJECTION AND WHEN I POKED HER SKIN SHE SCREAMED OUT AND FLAILED HER ARMS UP AND HIT ME. AT THE TIME I WAS STILL ADMINISTERING THE INJECTION AND THEN HER HAND HIT ME AND THE NEEDLE WENT INTO MY RIGHT OUTER THUMB.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Registered Nurse Level BSN
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 1,183
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 1,919,770
- EIN
- 341260978
- Establishment ID
- 209397
- Employer case #
- 2025-0048
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 00:50
- 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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