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OSHA Injury Report: Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital in Rhinelander, WI 54501 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was medical Laboratory Scientist in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital
Parent company
Aspirus
Street
2251 N Shore Drive
City
Rhinelander
State
WI
ZIP
54501
On-site location
Laboratory
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Trying to place needle into sharps container.

Employee attempted to handle the butterfly needle to place it fully into the container. The safety collar (apparently) retracted. The exposed needled penetrated employee 's glove and punctured the skin of his right index finger.

Percutaneous needle stick to right index finger with contaminated butterfly needle.

Butterfly needle

Percutaneous needle puncture of right index finger with contaminated needle.

Job description
Medical Laboratory Scientist
SOC code
19-1042 — Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
652
Total hours worked
974619
Establishment ID
1476290
Employer case #
53749
Date of incident
Shift started
9:00
Time of incident
9:05
Filing year
2025
Submitted
23FEB26:19:24:00

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.