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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 physician Assistant in general medical and surgical hospitals.

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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

PERFORMING SURGERY

What happened

DURING THE END OF SURGERY WHILE WE WERE CLOSING WITH SUTURE I EXPERIENCED A DIRTY NEEDLESTICK INTO MY RIGHT INDEX FINGER FROM A SUTURE NEEDLE.

Injury or illness

NEEDLESTICK RIGHT INDEX FINGER

Object or substance involved

NEEDLE

Summary line

DURING THE END OF SURGERY WHILE WE WERE CLOSING WITH SUTURE I EXPERIENCED A DIRTY NEEDLESTICK INTO MY RIGHT INDEX FINGER FROM A SUTURE NEEDLE.

Employee and industry

Job description
Physician Assistant
SOC code
29-1071: Physician Assistants
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 #
2025-0624

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
08:00
Time of incident
15:00
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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