Rhinelander, WI ·
OSHA Injury Report: Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital in 2251 N Shore Drive, Rhinelander, WI 54501 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was medical Laboratory Scientist in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital
- Parent company
- Aspirus
- Street
- 2251 N Shore Drive
- City
- Rhinelander
- State
- WI
- ZIP
- 54501
- On-site location
- Laboratory
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Trying to place needle into sharps container.
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Percutaneous needle stick to right index finger with contaminated butterfly needle.
Object or substance involved
Butterfly needle
Summary line
Percutaneous needle puncture of right index finger with contaminated needle.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Medical Laboratory Scientist
- SOC code
- 19-1042: Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 652
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 974,619
- Establishment ID
- 1476290
- Employer case #
- 53749
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 09:00
- Time of incident
- 09:05
- 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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