Fairbanks, AK ·
OSHA Injury Report: Fairbanks Memorial Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital in 1560 Cowles Street, Fairbanks, AK 99705 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was OB Tech in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Fairbanks Memorial Hospital
- Parent company
- Foundation Health Partners
- Street
- 1560 Cowles Street
- City
- Fairbanks
- State
- AK
- ZIP
- 99705
- On-site location
- Women's Center
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Cleaning up birthing table after a delivery
What happened
She noted a syringe with a needle still attached that looked capped; she grasped it by the syringe and it slipped fell from her hand due to blood on her gloves and the cap came off and the needle punctured her thumb on the opposite hand.
Injury or illness
contaminated needlestick left thumb
Object or substance involved
Contaminated needle
Summary line
contaminated needlestick left thumb
Employee and industry
- Job description
- OB Tech
- SOC code
- 29-2099: Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 1,506
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 3,385,793
- Establishment ID
- 927361
- Employer case #
- 2025-12-0
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 21:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-17
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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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