Durham, NC ·
OSHA Injury Report: Duke University Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Duke University Hospital in 2301 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27705 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Technologist in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Duke University Hospital
- Parent company
- Duke University Health System Inc.
- Street
- 2301 Erwin Road
- City
- Durham
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 27705
- On-site location
- DUH Or SL Rollup Excl Tsu Room 45
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Handed a suture needle during procedure
What happened
Went to go place needle in the sharp container and assumed it was protected and accidentally stuck self in left index finger
Injury or illness
BBF needle stick left index finger
Object or substance involved
Needle
Summary line
Handed a suture needle during procedure Went to go place needle in the sharp container and assumed it was protected and accidentally stuck self in left index finger BBF needle stick left index finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Surgical Technologist
- SOC code
- 29-2055: Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 12,521
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 21,136,190
- EIN
- 562070036
- Establishment ID
- 145751
- Employer case #
- 40774
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-23
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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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