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 Westlake, OH 44805 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was endoscopy Technician 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
REMOVING BIOPSY FROM FORECEPS
What happened
AFTER REMOVING BIOPSY SAMPLE FROM BIOPSY FORCEPS I WAS GATHERING THE LENGTH OF THE FORCEPS AND FORCEPS WERE NOT COMPLETELY CLOSED. WHEN I GRABBED THEM I WAS POKED BY THE NEEDLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE [REDACTED].
Injury or illness
NEEDLESTICK LEFT INDEX FINGER
Object or substance involved
NEEDLE
Summary line
AFTER REMOVING BIOPSY SAMPLE FROM BIOPSY FORCEPS I WAS GATHERING THE LENGTH OF THE FORCEPS AND FORCEPS WERE NOT COMPLETELY CLOSED. WHEN I GRABBED THEM I WAS POKED BY THE NEEDLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE [REDACTED].
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Endoscopy Technician
- SOC code
- 29-2031 — Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 1183
- Total hours worked
- 1919770
- EIN
- 341260978
- Establishment ID
- 209397
- Employer case #
- 2025-0074
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 9:10
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 09FEB26:19:55:00
Source
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.