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 physician Assistant 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
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
- Avg employees
- 1183
- Total hours worked
- 1919770
- EIN
- 341260978
- Establishment ID
- 209397
- Employer case #
- 2025-0624
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00
- Time of incident
- 15:00
- 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.