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

Touched patient to feel for pulse due to performing an ABG grabbed abg needle to uncap it and needle with cap cam off abg syringe when I tried to uncap needle resulted in a jilting motion and proceeded to stab into my left thumb when needle was removed thumb stared bleeding freely until I applied pressure with my opposite hand after putting needle into sharps container

Touched patient to feel for pulse due to performing an ABG grabbed abg needle to uncap it and needle with cap cam off abg syringe when I tried to uncap needle resulted in a jilting motion and proceeded to stab into my left thumb when needle was removed thumb stared bleeding freely until I applied pressure with my opposite hand after putting needle into sharps container

Puncture

CUT - Cut Puncture Scrape NOC

Touched patient to feel for pulse due to performing an ABG grabbed abg needle to uncap it and needle with cap cam off abg syringe when I tried to uncap needle resulted in a jilting motion and proceeded to stab into my left thumb when needle was removed th

Job description
Phlebotomist
SOC code
31-9097 — Phlebotomists
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 #
SX33985
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00
Time of incident
8:15
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.