laurium, MI ·
OSHA Injury Report: Aspirus Keweenaw
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Aspirus Keweenaw in 205 osceola st., 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
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 331
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 408,722
- Establishment ID
- 952622
- Employer case #
- 44083
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 11:35
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-04
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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