Lowell, MA —
OSHA Injury Report: Lowell General Hospital Saints
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Lowell General Hospital Saints in Lowell, MA 01852 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was staff RN in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Lowell General Hospital Saints
- Parent company
- Lowell General Hospital
- Street
- 1 Hospital Drive
- City
- Lowell
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 01852
- On-site location
- Patient Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
EE was withdrawing needle from patients arm
What happened
Introduced IV butterfly needle into the patient 's right forearm to start an IV line. Met resistance and was not able to advance the needle so pulled out the needle and in this process of pulling out the needle stuck left thumb. The needle went through the glove and a small amount of blood was thumb.
Injury or illness
left thumb needlestick
Object or substance involved
needle
Summary line
Left Thumb Needlestick
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Staff RN
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 766
- Total hours worked
- 981009
- EIN
- 42103590
- Establishment ID
- 1097341
- Employer case #
- 1HOSPITDR-
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 11:34:00.000
- Submitted
- 15FEB24:20:54:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.