Farmington, ME ·
OSHA Injury Report: FCHN - Franklin Memorial Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at FCHN - Franklin Memorial Hospital in 111 Franklin Health Commons, Farmington, ME 4938 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was physician Associate in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- FCHN - Franklin Memorial Hospital
- Parent company
- Franklin Memorial Hospital
- Street
- 111 Franklin Health Commons
- City
- Farmington
- State
- ME
- ZIP
- 4938
- On-site location
- OR
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Helping with surgery.
What happened
I was assisting Dr. [REDACTED] with closure of a left total hip replacement using a 0-0 Quill with a taper needle. The tissue gave way and the needle pulled through sticking into my left thumb. The needle was removed from the field and I stepped back to chec
Injury or illness
Z77.21-Contact with and (suspected) exposure to potentially hazardous body fluids SHARP S61.012A-Laceration without foreign body of left thumb without damage to nail initial encounter
Object or substance involved
Pricked by taper suture needle during surgery
Summary line
Contact with and (suspected) exposure to potentially hazardous body fluids SHARP
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Physician Associate
- SOC code
- 29-1229: Physicians, All Other
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 402
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 610,348
- EIN
- 010238552
- Establishment ID
- 990450
- Employer case #
- 09102025-
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 14:05
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-26
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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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