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OSHA Injury Report: Aurora Lakeland Medical Center

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center in Elkhorn, WI 53121 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was pHYSICIAN ASSISTANT in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Aurora Lakeland Medical Center
Parent company
Aurora Health Care
Street
W3985 Cty Rd. NN
City
Elkhorn
State
WI
ZIP
53121
On-site location
Lakeland Hospital OR 4
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Closure of a laparoscopic cholecystectomy with Dr. [REDACTED]

I was closing the 7 port sites for the patient who underwent a laparoscopic cholecystectomy and while trying to suture the most superior port site in the middle of the abdomen just inferior to the diaphragm I got stuck by the 4-0 monocryl PS2 needle in the left lateral dorsal second digit.

All Other Occupational Disease Injury NOC

NEEDLE DIRTY

I was stuck by a 4-0 monocryl [REDACTED] needle in the left lateral dorsal second digit thru two gloves and had a 1mm open wound with active bleeding after taking my gloves off.

Job description
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
SOC code
29-1071 — Physician Assistants
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
534
Total hours worked
889551
EIN
390806347
Establishment ID
141263
Employer case #
23 010198
Date of incident
Time of incident
14:25:00.000
Submitted
23FEB24:20:26:00

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.