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OSHA Injury Report: Aspirus Keweenaw

Injury · Other recordable case

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.

Establishment
Aspirus Keweenaw
Parent company
Aspirus
Street
205 osceola st.
City
laurium
State
MI
ZIP
49913
On-site location
Operating Room
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Attempting to transfer out used suture needle from provider

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.

needlestick potential blood born pathogen exposure.

Ethicon #1 G suturing needle.

Needlestick to right hand between middle and ring finger from used Ethicon [REDACTED] G suturing needle.

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
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30:00.000
Time of incident
11:35:00.000
Submitted
04JAN24:17:45:00

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.