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OSHA Injury Report: Olean General Hospital

Skin disorder · Other recordable case

On , a skin disorder at Olean General Hospital in Olean, NY 14760 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was environmental Service Aid in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
Olean General Hospital
Parent company
Upper Allegany Health System
Street
515 Main Street
City
Olean
State
NY
ZIP
14760
On-site location
By the trash compactor
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Skin disorder (code 2)

Placing trash bags in the trash compactor

When he picked up a bag of trash he felt a sharp poke in his left 5th finger and discovered an uncapped lancet in the trash presumably used.

Needle stick to left 5th finger

The lancet in the trash

Needlestick to left 5th finger

Job description
Environmental Service Aid
SOC code
37-2019 — Building Cleaning Workers, All Other
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
916
Total hours worked
1384697
EIN
160743102
Establishment ID
934730
Employer case #
2025-0007
Date of incident
Shift started
15:00
Time of incident
20:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
12FEB26:16:03:00

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.