Morgantown, WV —
OSHA Injury Report: Monongalia General Hospital (Mon Health Medical Center)
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Monongalia General Hospital (Mon Health Medical Center) in Morgantown, WV 26505 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sterile processing tech in hospitals, general pediatric.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Monongalia General Hospital (Mon Health Medical Center)
- Street
- 1200 J. D. Anderson Dr.
- City
- Morgantown
- State
- WV
- ZIP
- 26505
- On-site location
- Sterile Processing
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- -9999
- Days restricted or transferred
- -9999
Before the incident
Transfer instrument
What happened
a reusable bowie needle( non-canulated) back for reprocessing. [REDACTED] was going to transfer the piece of instrumentation to a pan to go through our washer and in the process dropped it on the ground. When he went to pick the piece of instrumentation up it poked through the tip protector and that is when he got the stick on his right thumb
Injury or illness
Right thumb
Object or substance involved
needlestick
Summary line
a reusable bowie needle( non-canulated) back for reprocessing. was going to transfer the piece of instrumentation to a pan to go through our washer and in the process dropped it on the ground.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- sterile processing tech
- SOC code
- 31-9093 — Medical Equipment Preparers
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general pediatric
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 2307
- Total hours worked
- 3122866
- Establishment ID
- 1521276
- Employer case #
- 39
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 04MAR26:18:37:00
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.