Keene, NH ·
OSHA Injury Report: Cheshire Medical Center
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Cheshire Medical Center in 580 Court Street, Keene, NH 3431 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Technician in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Cheshire Medical Center
- Parent company
- Cheshire Medical Center
- Street
- 580 Court Street
- City
- Keene
- State
- NH
- ZIP
- 3431
- On-site location
- OR Not specified
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- -9999
- Days restricted or transferred
- -9999
Before the incident
Scrubbing a surgical case
What happened
I filled out the wrong owl format before The incident occurred during a myringotomy with ear tube insertion in OR suite 1 I was transferring the myringotomy blade from my left hand to my right hand I misjudged the angle I was holding it at and stuck my right hand with the used blade I saw blood on my glove instantly informed the room that I had just stuck myself with the blade immediately stepped away and discarded the dirty sharp on a separate table On my way to wash the site I called the charge nurse on vocera to inform them of what happened and that we would need another scrub to step in to finish the case I washed the site with soap water and betadine for over five minutes Not specified
Injury or illness
Exposure to Blood Body Fluid Cut Laceration Puncture Right Finger Thumb
Object or substance involved
Myringotomy blade sharp
Summary line
Exposure to Blood Body Fluid Cut Laceration Puncture Right Finger Thumb
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Surgical Technician
- SOC code
- 29-2055: Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 867
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 1,418,691
- EIN
- 020354549
- Establishment ID
- 1473575
- Employer case #
- 250962
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:45
- Time of incident
- 07:45
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-19
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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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