State College, PA —
OSHA Injury Report: Mount Nittany Medical Center
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College, PA 16803 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was cERTIFIED SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Mount Nittany Medical Center
- Parent company
- Mount Nittany Medical Center
- Street
- 155 Wellness Way
- City
- State College
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 16803
- On-site location
- OPERATING ROOM 7
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
EMPLOYEE WAS SCRUBBED IN ON A SURGICAL CASE IN THE OPERATING ROOM.
What happened
[REDACTED] WAS WEARING DIRTY GLOVES WHEN SHE STUCK HERSELF IN THE RIGHT PALM WITH A CLEAN NEEDLE. SHE LAID HER HAND ON TOP OF THE NEEDLE THAT WAS LAYING ON HER BACKTABLE.
Injury or illness
PUNCTURE TO RIGHT HAND
Object or substance involved
NEEDLE ON THE BACKTABLE
Summary line
PUNCTURE TO RIGHT HAND FROM A CLEAN NEEDLE THROUGH CONTAMINATED GLOVES
Employee and industry
- Job description
- CERTIFIED SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST
- SOC code
- 29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 2086
- Total hours worked
- 3299028
- EIN
- 240795682
- Establishment ID
- 818239
- Employer case #
- 27
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 9:00
- Time of incident
- 15:55
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 19FEB26:17:21:00
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.