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OSHA Injury Report: Samaritan Hospital (DBA Samaritan Healthcare)

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Samaritan Hospital (DBA Samaritan Healthcare) in Moses Lake, WA 98837 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was oR TECH in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Samaritan Hospital (DBA Samaritan Healthcare)
Street
801 E Wheeler Rd
City
Moses Lake
State
WA
ZIP
98837
On-site location
OR
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

I handed a medication syringe to the doctor; the patient started to cough. We both put our hands down to hold the patient and the doctor still had the syringe in her hand. The needle poked me in my left pinky finger.

I handed a medication syringe to the doctor; the patient started to cough. We both put our hands down to hold the patient and the doctor still had the syringe in her hand. The needle poked me in my left pinky finger.

Puncture

CUT - Cut Puncture Scrape NOC

I handed a medication syringe to the doctor; the patient started to cough. We both put our hands down to hold the patient and the doctor still had the syringe in her hand. The needle poked me in my left pinky finger.

Job description
OR TECH
SOC code
29-2012 — Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
542
Total hours worked
873546
EIN
916001698
Establishment ID
435506
Employer case #
SX33921
Date of incident
Shift started
6:45
Time of incident
16:45
Filing year
2025
Submitted
05MAR26:15:47:00

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.