Gloucester, VA —
OSHA Injury Report: Riverside Walter Reed Hospital 5001
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Riverside Walter Reed Hospital 5001 in Gloucester, VA 23061 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was registered Nurse in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Riverside Walter Reed Hospital 5001
- Parent company
- Riverside Health System
- Street
- 7519 Hospital Drive
- City
- Gloucester
- State
- VA
- ZIP
- 23061
- On-site location
- Patient room on Medical/Surgical unit at RWRH
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Attempting to dispose of two syringes needles
What happened
Worker had given two insulin injections (same patient) and thought she had engaged both safetys on the needles but actually one was not completely engaged and a tip of the needle was sticking out. Worker did not notice the needle sticking out when she went to dispose of the syringes in the sharps container. Sharps container was locked closed and Worker did not notice at first and was getting ready to release the syringes when she realized sharps box was closed and she grabbed the syringes back and was stuck by the exposed needle tip in her right hand palm side just below the 5th finger.
Injury or illness
Contaminated needlestick
Object or substance involved
Contaminated needle
Summary line
Contaminated needle stick to right hand on palm
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Registered Nurse
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 435
- Total hours worked
- 595764
- EIN
- 521241836
- Establishment ID
- 161302
- Employer case #
- Y4HC88768
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 23:20
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 13MAR26:18:14:00
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.