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 rEGISTERED NURSE 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
- PATIENT ROOM 383-1
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
EMPLOYEE WAS ADMINISTERING INSULIN TO A PATIENT.
What happened
EMPLOYEE WENT TO ACTIVATE SAFETY MECHANISM ON A USED NEEDLE AND THE NEEDLE BENT AND PUNCTURED EMPLOYEE 'S LEFT THUMB.
Injury or illness
PUNCTURE TO LEFT THUMB
Object or substance involved
CONTAMINATED NEEDLE
Summary line
PUNCTURE TO LEFT THUMB WHEN TRYING TO ACTIVATE A SAFETY MECHANISM ON A USED NEEDLE
Employee and industry
- Job description
- REGISTERED NURSE
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- 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 #
- 47
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:45
- Time of incident
- 9:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 23FEB26:18:32:00
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.