OSHA Injury Report: Aurora Medical Center Mt. Pleasant

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Performing surgery without a surgical assist

What happened

Needlestick from the hypodermic needle to inject local to the left third digit. Needle had already been used on the patient. It was immediately discarded.The surgical assist was holding the camera and not at the mayo stand during a laparoscopic appendectomy. The camera in that room had already malfunctioned after getting into the patient 's abdomen and I had to wait several minutes for the screen not to be black while the system restarted. Just before scrubbing into the case I had been paged by the ER in [REDACTED] about a very ill patient that required urgent evaluation and I am not provided any APC support to begin evaluation and management of patients while I am in the OR nor to assist with surgeries. I had used the local needle once prior dropped the cap onto it thought I secured the cap onto it and placed it on the mayo stand. I reached for it again saw the cap was on and then as I moved the local onto the field from the mayo stand I was watching the screen to evaluate my choice f

Injury or illness

All Other Occupational Disease Injury NOC

Object or substance involved

Needle

Summary line

hollow needle stick to left third digit middle finger. Had been used on the patient. thought I secured the cap onto it and placed it on the [REDACTED] stand. I reached for it again saw the cap was on and then as I moved the local onto the field from the [

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.