laurium, MI —
OSHA Injury Report: Aspirus Keweenaw
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Aspirus Keweenaw in laurium, MI 49913 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Tech in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Aspirus Keweenaw
- Parent company
- Aspirus
- Street
- 205 osceola st.
- City
- laurium
- State
- MI
- ZIP
- 49913
- On-site location
- Operating Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Attempting to transfer out used suture needle from provider
What happened
Provider was suturing and needed to switch to a different suture needle to close up the patient she failed to correctly grip the sharp in the instrument to cover the sharp area-she was not looking when handing over sharp and it stuck employee.
Injury or illness
needlestick potential blood born pathogen exposure.
Object or substance involved
Ethicon #1 G suturing needle.
Summary line
Needlestick to right hand between middle and ring finger from used Ethicon [REDACTED] G suturing needle.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Surgical Tech
- SOC code
- 29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 331
- Total hours worked
- 408722
- Establishment ID
- 952622
- Employer case #
- 44083
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30:00.000
- Time of incident
- 11:35:00.000
- Submitted
- 04JAN24:17:45:00
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.