OSHA Injury Report: Cohen Children's Medical Ctr

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Patient care

What happened

While in a room two nurses were attempting to put a IV in a patient. One nurse was holding the skin taught while holding taught the IV went into patient and then poked out punctured nurses skin.

Injury or illness

IV went into patient and then poked out punctured nurses skin; needlestick to finger

Object or substance involved

needle

Summary line

While in a room two nurses were attempting to put a IV in a patient. One nurse was holding the skin taught while holding taught the IV went into patient and then poked out punctured nurses skin.

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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.