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OSHA Injury Report: Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital in Ellsworth, ME 04605 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was physician Assistant in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital
Parent company
Maine Coast Healthcare Corp
Street
50 Union Street
City
Ellsworth
State
ME
ZIP
04605
On-site location
Operating Room
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Assisting with a surgery

Employee reached hand out to hold drain for surgeon when surgeon was reaching across with a suture needle which punctured the employee 's 3rd finger on right hand through glove

Needle stick puncture

suture needle

Needle stick to the right 3rd finger

Job description
Physician Assistant
SOC code
29-1071 — Physician Assistants
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
399
Total hours worked
761648
EIN
10190331
Establishment ID
1010998
Employer case #
21
Date of incident
Shift started
6:45:00.000
Time of incident
12:59:00.000
Submitted
09FEB24:21:39:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.