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OSHA Injury Report: Northern Oral Surgery & Implant Center

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Northern Oral Surgery & Implant Center in Duluth, MN 55811 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was licensed Dental Assistant in oral and maxillofacial surgeons' offices (e.g., centers, clinics).

Establishment
Northern Oral Surgery & Implant Center
Parent company
Northern Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
Street
3617 West Arrowhead Road
City
Duluth
State
MN
ZIP
55811
On-site location
Duluth Operating Room
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Assistant cleaning up after a surgery and while trying to remove the needle from the anesthetic syringe the cap fell off and the needle poked into the middle finger of the right hand

While trying to unscrew the needle from the anesthetic syringe the syringe cap fell off and the needle poked into the right middle finger

Needle stick puncture injury to the right middle finger

Needle on the anesthetic syringe used for injecting local numbing medication

Needle stick puncture injury to the right middle finger from the needle on the anesthetic syringe

Job description
Licensed Dental Assistant
SOC code
31-9091 — Dental Assistants
NAICS code
621210 — Oral and maxillofacial surgeons' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
61
Total hours worked
102381
EIN
411625241
Establishment ID
1291230
Employer case #
5
Date of incident
Shift started
7:41
Time of incident
9:20
Filing year
2025
Submitted
19FEB26:15:50:00

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.