Ellensburg, WA —
OSHA Injury Report: Kittitas Valley Community Hospital (DBA Kittitas Valley Healthcare)
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Kittitas Valley Community Hospital (DBA Kittitas Valley Healthcare) in Ellensburg, WA 98926 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sterile Processing Technician in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Kittitas Valley Community Hospital (DBA Kittitas Valley Healthcare)
- Street
- 603 S. Chestnut St
- City
- Ellensburg
- State
- WA
- ZIP
- 98926
- On-site location
- Decontamination Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
I was brushing the tips of a tissue forceps below the water because there was dry blood on it after the case. while brushing it with downward pressure as the brush left the tip of the instrument the forceps came back and the teeth on the end caught my thumb causing a tear in my gloves and cut on the surface of my thumb.
What happened
I was brushing the tips of a tissue forceps below the water because there was dry blood on it after the case. while brushing it with downward pressure as the brush left the tip of the instrument the forceps came back and the teeth on the end caught my thumb causing a tear in my gloves and cut on the surface of my thumb.
Injury or illness
Puncture
Object or substance involved
CUT - Cut Puncture Scrape NOC
Summary line
I was brushing the tips of a tissue forceps below the water because there was dry blood on it after the case. while brushing it with downward pressure as the brush left the tip of the instrument the forceps came back and the teeth on the end caught my thu
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Sterile Processing Technician
- SOC code
- 31-9093 — Medical Equipment Preparers
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 419
- Total hours worked
- 693088
- EIN
- 910757683
- Establishment ID
- 435489
- Employer case #
- SX33886
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 9:00
- Time of incident
- 12:10
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 05MAR26:15:47:00
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.