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OSHA Injury Report: Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital

Other illness · Other recordable case

On , an other illness at Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital in Ely, MN 55731 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Technician in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital
Parent company
Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital
Street
328 West Conan Street
City
Ely
State
MN
ZIP
55731
On-site location
Operating Room
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Other illness (code 6)

Employee was assisting surgeon with local anesthesia administration during carpal tunnel surgery.

The employe scooped the cap onto the needle then used her hand to pull the cap on the needle syringe which caused the needle to poke through the side of the cap into the employee 's left middle finger.

Needle stick with used needle potential exposure to bloodborne pathogen.

contaminated needle

Employee stuck her left middle finger with a used needle while pulling cap onto the needle syringe after scooping up cap.

Job description
Surgical Technician
SOC code
29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
93
Total hours worked
192712
EIN
410808719
Establishment ID
910128
Employer case #
2023-2
Date of incident
Time of incident
14:05:00.000
Submitted
12FEB24:18:16:00

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.