Washington, DC —
OSHA Injury Report: Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC 20007 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was house Staff PGY in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
- Street
- 3800 Reservoir Rd NW
- City
- Washington
- State
- DC
- ZIP
- 20007
- On-site location
- OUTPATIENT- MEDICAL OFFCE
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
associate was performing aspiration on a pt. the needle did not have a safety mechanism. associate was using one hand recap method. there was no where to push to close the cap on field. Used other hand index finger to push down on cap to close. However the finger tip on left accidentally removed the cap and index finger came down on the sharp end of needle. washed hand with soap and water. there was small puncture site on left 2nd joint space of index finger.
What happened
associate was performing aspiration on a pt. the needle did not have a safety mechanism. associate was using one hand recap method. there was no where to push to close the cap on field. Used other hand index finger to push down on cap to close. However the finger tip on left accidentally removed the cap and index finger came down on the sharp end of needle. washed hand with soap and water. there was small puncture site on left 2nd joint space of index finger.
Injury or illness
BBP - Percutaneous Contact Finger-Index Left
Object or substance involved
Needle 19 G
Summary line
BBP - Percutaneous Contact Finger-Index Left
Employee and industry
- Job description
- House Staff PGY
- SOC code
- 00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 5555
- Total hours worked
- 9896220
- Establishment ID
- 1148659
- Employer case #
- 2025-1638
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30
- Time of incident
- 15:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 19FEB26:18:52:00
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.