Orem, UT —
OSHA Injury Report: Timpanogos Regional Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Timpanogos Regional Hospital in Orem, UT 84057 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rN NICU Clin Nurse Coord in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Timpanogos Regional Hospital
- Parent company
- HCA
- Street
- 750 West 800 North
- City
- Orem
- State
- UT
- ZIP
- 84057
- On-site location
- Pediatrics inc. NICU
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
[REDACTED]
What happened
RN giving infant vitamin K shot which is IM. Infant 1880gms with little muscle available. Muscle needed to be squeezed with the needle to insert at a 45 degree angle to ensure injection into muscle. Infant kicked as needle being inserted into infant 's left thigh causing leg and muscle shift needle entered skin and tissue went through tissue exiting the skin and stuck RN thumb. Needle needed to be retracted out of infant 's thigh exposing infant to RN 's blood body fluid.
Injury or illness
Contaminated Sharp FingerThumb
Object or substance involved
contaminated needle
Summary line
needle being inserted into infant 's left thigh infant kicked leg stuck RN thumb.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN NICU Clin Nurse Coord
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 685
- Total hours worked
- 847506
- EIN
- 621831495
- Establishment ID
- 290169
- Employer case #
- V34426-49
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:00
- Time of incident
- 3:25
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 26FEB26:18:03:00
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.