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OSHA Injury Report: FCHN - Franklin Memorial Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at FCHN - Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington, ME 4938 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was physician Associate in general medical and surgical hospitals.

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
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Helping with surgery.

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

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

Pricked by taper suture needle during surgery

Contact with and (suspected) exposure to potentially hazardous body fluids SHARP

Job description
Physician Associate
SOC code
29-1229 — Physicians, All Other
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
402
Total hours worked
610348
EIN
010238552
Establishment ID
990450
Employer case #
09102025-
Date of incident
Time of incident
14:05
Filing year
2025
Submitted
26FEB26:20:33:00

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.